Here are the four seams I did this week:
from something in my sketchbook - using Success Strips to mark dots for the top points of the triangles:
just having a little fun making the curve go a different way - using Sharon Boggon's template:
playing around with one of Carole Samples' templates - those dark blue ones, Judy referred to as boat anchors - much pointier on the block than the picture makes it seem:
backstitching using the fabric design as a guide - what else could I do with that?
And the whole enchilada revealed:
I'll probably do something more in that white on the right before I finish the top. There may be beads. Or not.
13 comments:
Boat anchors on an Army patch? Not!
I agree that the white space is a little too white! maybe more stitching will even it out.
Nice work, Susan!
You could sprinkle in a few french knots (or beads) on the white dots that would maybe soften all that white and look like sparks from the fireworks? Great looking block---again! (Didn't mean to insult the Army, but I still think they look like anchors. ;>)
:-)
Love the stitching on the right, with the backstitch following the fabric pattern. It lifts the fabric to a new dimension.
Isn't it great to have all these resources for stitch designing.
Instead of ships anchor's, I thought they looked like the arrows on convicts suits, haha.
Great job keep up with your deadlines on this project. Your stitching is always so precise.
I really like that backstitching treatment! It would look great extended into the white. Great stitching!
Wait, doesn't the Navy transport the Army? Gotta work together!
" looked like the arrows on convicts suits" I had to laugh out loud on that one. Our convicts wear orange jumpsuits, lol.
It's wonderful and a little something in the white area to the right will finish it off perfectly!
The army is above being insulted. LOL Me, too.
I like the French knot idea - or beads, and that may be what I try.
Hmmm ... did we have any convicts colonizing here? I'm pretty sure some criminals escaped from English justice by coming here! =)
Thanks. I'm always trying to make it so. My mother was an amazing embroiderer, so I have a lot to live up to, but I just love stitching! It's been a challenge this year to stay within this narrowly confined type of stitching, no lace, nothing feminine. I'm not really a girly-girl, but it was still hard!
Thanks for that idea, too! I'll see what happens with the knots, and my drop those red ones down, at least.
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