Saturday, January 21

Good times for a change

For the past couple of days I've been working (quite fanatically I must add) on this cross stitch piece. There was a reason why I started it and a reason why I chose this particular quote (from a song by the Smiths, only this particular line was appropriate the rest of the song -however lovely- not so much...). I will fill you in on the details in a couple of days time...  read more here.

The lettering was stitched with a lovely teal coloured floss that came from my untidy box with bargain Anchor flosses I bought on Ebay. For the birds and the line above the text I used DMC flosses, one is regular 6 stranded floss and the other is either a DMC colour variation or DMC variegated floss (I always forget which is which). I wanted to add something to the lettering that was traditional and chose the Danish Birds from a vintage cross stitch book. I didn't stick to the original red/blue colour scheme (the teal lettering was already stitched) and added a orange (with a lot of red) which I think works really well. Clearly it's not finished yet and because of some miscalculations regarding the size of Aida I needed I have lots of extra space to add stuff!



8 comments:

  1. I really like the colours that you have chosen and it is a lovely positive sentiment being expressed.

    Hugs, Kaye xoxox

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  2. I like the spacing and the space. And the colours.

    And the message. ;-)

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  3. gorgeous stitching :D It will be great to see it finished. Such a lovely sentiment.

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  4. So sorry to hear that you're leaving FS, but hope hope hope that it's because &Stitches and other adventures are just too awesome to be able to do them all!

    And, of course, beautiful stitching -- I have a special place in my heart for embroidered song lyrics, especially ones so moving and from such great songs! :)

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  5. Nice theme, nice colors, so glad to find your blog! I'm slowly getting back to embroidery/cross-stitch and sewing for that matter. Look forward to visiting more.

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  6. I'll follow you where ever you go! You'll be missed on FS, though. This cross stitch is making me want to finally try cross stitch. Damn.

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    1. you must definitely try cross stitch! Trust me, you'll love it. I do both embroidery and cross stitch now and it's so very different. When I don't feel like doing embroidery I pick up a cross stitch project. :)

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