He's totally done now. He's off the stretcher bars and hanging out in the closet until I send him off to be finished.
Here's a close up of the turkey.
Colleen at The Needleworks has a company in mind to make a tray for him - so I'm waiting to get the word from her to mail it.
On to the next project.
Jane
I thought I was totally finished until I carried him in to be photographed. I'm thinking there's one spot I need to add some additional color to.....can you guess where??
The feathers between the red harnesses -- the canvas was painted lighter than the forward feathers, but it really sticks out to me.
So now that I've figured out that the front lower feathers are Mandarin Floss, I will add some of the lighter color from the front to the back part, making them a little jagged like the front ones, and I think we'll be REALLY done.
I'll try to snap one more picture before I put this guy in the mail.
He was fun. I really enjoyed him.
Do you like the final version of his fan? It was a lot of trial and error, but I'm happy with the final product, so I guess that's all that matters.
Happy stitching.
Jane
I've been working steadily on this guy - I finished the background over the weekend and put in a bunch of little detail stitches, too.
This morning, I started on the bullion knots for his feet.
I'm determined to get him done so I can take him with me when I go up to Austin for a class in early August. I know stitchers aren't supposed to worry about their stashes, but I've got too, too many big projects that are in process. It makes me crazy and sort of paralyzed about what to stitch next. So I'm going to get this one done, then work on a couple more big ones to try to finish them before the end of the year.
I think I want to have him made into a tray.
Back to stitching.
Jane
All of our out of town guests left yesterday, and once I got 3 loads of dishes washed and put away and a few loads of laundry done, I sat down to stitch.
I pulled out this piece, which is SO CLOSE to being finished, and started on the grapes.
I've been beading like crazy and have 1 1/2 bunches completed already - plus about 30 little tiny beads on the floor.
It worked out that I pulled some pinkish/purple beads out of my stash for the bunch on the right, and they're shiny, which makes them seem to stand out a little more than the darker purple grapes. I like how the pink looks like it's a little in front of the purples ones.
Back to speed beading.
Jane
Do you know where that line comes from? Are you a Lyle Lovett fan? If so, you probably wonder, too, if he was inspired to write the song during the time he was in Indiana in the 90s and married Julia Roberts in Muncie. If I remember correctly, he was performing near Indianapolis, and she was obviously with him. Next thing we knew, they'd gotten married. She's a great actress, but he is an amazing musician. Highly recommend his concerts. His music is among my "most listened to" on my iPhone.
I'd embed his music in my blog so you could hear it, but I hate it when I go to a blog and they're playing music. Don't ever re-visit those.
They're supposed to get another round of snow or two while I'm there. I'm happy to see the snow.
In the meantime, I've almost got the 4 corners of the turkey filled in. I also did the corn husks. Also finished up the apples, except for the stems. Making progress.
I'm going to have this made into a tray, somehow. It was suggested that I find a suitable picture frame and attach some handles to it - nice idea. I'll have to start looking around. Colleen said she knows someone who does custom trays for needlework. That's a option, too.
Back to stitching.
Jane
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