Hey everyone! After the interruption of #10ThingsToTellYou (which I think I will put in my personal Project Life album) we’re back to stitchy updates. And I have some finishes to share with you!
The first is just the little notebook kit that I picked up from an Op Shop sometime last month. There was no chart but it was easy enough to follow the cover photo. It’s FFO’d by craft gluing the first and last pages of the supplied notepaper insert to the back of the covers, and ready to add to someone’s Christmas stash.
And the second is Mirabilia’s Persephone! I am leery of sharing her conversion details as right now, it’s all mine. I am still seething that someone took my colourway AND my re-charting of Andromeda’s face and didn’t credit me, but is all over the FB groups gloating about their blue ribbon win. I have blocked this person from my IG & FB & blog – that’s how peeved I am – and while I am pleased for her that her stitching was up to the high standard it obvs was, it’s not nice to see her take full credit when she was one to message me and ask for more detail…anyway. Moving on.
This is on a very openweave 28ct milk chocolate linen, which thankfully had few slubs. It is mostly DMC, altho the Waterlillies in the background border are as charted. There is a mix of GAST and DMC in the hem, which was my biggest headache. If you are kitting her up, I recommend at least two skeins of blanc and the lightest two threads of the (originally) tealish green. While you could fudge a batch colour change, you wouldn’t really want to.
On my big frame right now is Fairy Idyll. The top third was stitched, and now I’m beading so that when I roll it up (protecting the beads with padding!) I know that section is done. There’s a mild colour conversion already as one of the greens was the colour of the fabric, and the pale pink/white blend was lost so my pinks are a bit more intense than charted, but otherwise so far the look and feel is as per the original. I don’t think I will change her gown either – that yellow looks like it might have been a flower before it became a dress – but never say never! This is on a pale green hand-dyed lugana from Countrystitch.
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Oh my goodness, she is so stunning! Congratulations on such a beautiful finish!
Thank you!
Gorgeous work, and so sorry to hear about the person stealing your ideas 😦
Yeah well, it happens.
I love watching your work unfold. Don’t worry about me stealing one of your designs! They are too complicated for me.
I love all your progress. Your stitching is absolutely gorgeous. You are a very talented artist. I know you said you are a bit afraid of sharing your conversion, but if you change your mind, I would absolutely love to have it and would for sure credit you. You have my sitchy-word 🙂 I am trying to stitch all the Mirabilia that have a historical background and am currently stitching At the Met using The Evergreen Needle conversion (she did a Cleopatra conversion and can be found on youtube and instagram). It is stunning. Anyhow, thank you for letting me know if you’d like to share it with me. Have a good day and keep on stitching!
Hi! I thought I previously commented but can’t find it anymore. I was just wondering if you changed your mind about sharing this conversion? If so, I would really appreciate it as I absolutely LOVE it. I am currently stitching At the Met, using @thevergreenneedle conversion. It is also absolutely stunning. thanks!