Another finish

I’ve been very busy with my cross stitch. I work on the Fruits of Plenty, every month when a new section comes out. In between I need another project. I have just finished the first one.

This is Ephrata, I ordered the kit from someone on Etsy. It came with an ugly Aida cloth. So I had this large piece of linen, I intended to use it for the SAL, and this piece was left over (Didn’t use it for the SAL, but that is another story). the colors of the thread on this background aren’t great, but they wouldn’t have been great on the Aida, I think it was also overdyed yellow.

I signed my name with the year.

There are two lines of the brick color, I simply followed the chart. on my own, I would have scattered more brick in the piece. Oh, another thing, this came with the threads cut, so there were a few full skeins but most weren’t. Yes, it is DMC, which is a good thing, because I ran out of thread in the yellows.

Not much leeway on the sides. I knew that going in. This means that there is no way I can frame this. But just looking at the shape, it is more of a bell-pull. So off to Etsy I went and looked for hardware. There isn’t a lot, most is metal, and expensive.

I found these laser cut wood. they come in a number of sized, they weren’t expensive. They arrived within a week. They are from FripperiesMP, I highly recommend them.

I but on a backing, I interfaced the backing so the piece would have some body and weight. I am very pleased with the result. Right now it hangs in my workroom. It may end up being gifted.

I took a very small break from cross-stitch and followed the video instructions to make this tomato. I had bought the printed fabric over a year ago. the video really helps, Collage Quilter. Basically, I cut out the pieces of fabric and glued them on the background. She gives the dark, medium and light areas. Not hard to figure out, but it helps when trying something new.

One great suggestion was to use the reverse side of fabric, especially in the highlight area, because having the red hue ties it together, stark white or even off white might just not look that good. Although, years ago I took a class on painting flowers, the instructor said – the highlight is white, the shadows are black!! In order to get a three dimensional feel – that is a must. She had a very good point, but rules are meant to be bent, especially since I’m working with fabric, not paint.

I cut out the tomato, notice how the edges are not scalloped anymore! glued it to a background fabric. Next, a border and quilting. Then, I have 5 more vegetables to go. I’m not making one quilt, although I couldn’t, I will make individual pieces and figure out what to do with them later.

Leah

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