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Hi all, happy to be a new member!
I almost forgot the design pattern I created for a Christmas star in peyote this past December. On the Seed Beads And More FB group page they had a November and December beading challenge to make Christmas stars either ones from the pattern pdfs in their files or one of our own. I had made a couple of stars already the yr before and made a few from the files I gave as gifts. Then I decided to design a special one for me in the Southwest style which is what I know best and is the simpliest to create. I did it also on my BeadToll4 program, but since they don't offer star pattern grahps I created the star designs in diamond shapes and just beaded it as a complete star. I never did change it to a star graph since I know how to follow it to make it without the pattern being on the graph. Soem asked me if I would create one on a star pattern, but I declined as it would ahve had to be hand colored in and no pdf which most folks want to go by. I did tell anyone who desired could use the designs in a star or in any way they chose if they wanted. So far I ahve not seen a single star or other beaded item with my designs which is fine with me too. I do have a pdf for the diamonds I created to amke this star from.
I call this star "Walks In Spirit". It is also the name I created years ago and use for my beading I send out with any beaded items I make for folks.
yeah we can and one of the aliens this side of the water is going to get ice cubes shoved down his back in a minute if he doesn't get his freezing cold hands off my ears
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Hi all, happy to be a new member!
Something I really enjoy about posting these
updates. Both weeks I have thought that I didn't get that
much done. But looking at the picture from the previous week helps
show that no, there are a fair few new stitches here.
This week I got to work on big batches of solid colour,
mainly the grape cape, which is what it's now officially called. As
my dayjob was kind of hectic, then working on the rows of solid
colours was really nice. A bit less planning needed to make sure I
can keep going with the same thread for as long as possible.
I am a huge fan of purple too, but as on
the picture the cape is more red then I was wondering how it turns
out. But really, as long as the different tones in the cape look
good together and I dont have a print-out of the original image
next to it, who will know that the cape is a bit more purple than
it was intended?
The light was not great for
the pictures today. Next week I might try to take the pictures
during daylight, so you get a better idea of the
colours.
I got really lucky with threads. I googled all these UK
places that would ship to where I live (Estonia), but I was still
looking at a pretty penny for all this. And then I found that there
is a place in my home town that sells DMC at near wholesale prices.
Score.
Of course ordering so many different
colours, some got messed up, so I drive up there to pick them up
twice, which is not easy to organise during lockdown. But now I
have all these lovely lovely threads. You can really see the
quality difference between DMC and the cheap Chinese stuff I used
to try if I like cross-stitch.
Starting a
big project like this now brought up a bunch of new questions that
I had not considered when working on small pieces.
I will start with the latest and maybe you have a tip
for me Melanie. I am using Aida 14 fabric and DMC threads. And I am
not sure if to use two or three threads.
I
tested both:
2 thread:
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/437693464440864769/826552390111068191/IMG_20210330_211044.jpg
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/437693464440864769/826552622362001449/IMG_20210330_210723__01.jpg
3 thread:
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/437693464440864769/826552368405020732/IMG_20210330_231338.jpg
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/437693464440864769/826552410746650674/IMG_20210330_231258.jpg
Obviously 2 thread looks neater which is always nice.
But it seems to me that quite a lot of white is showing through.
And I am worried that with white Aida and a fairly dark colour
scheme picture will mean that it will look too sparse.
But will 3 thread get too crowded once I have a bigger
area done?
Any tips would be much
appreciated!
I almost forgot the design pattern I created for a Christmas star in peyote this past December. On the Seed Beads And More FB group page they had a November and December beading challenge to make Christmas stars either ones from the pattern pdfs in their files or one of our own. I had made a couple of stars already the yr before and made a few from the files I gave as gifts. Then I decided to design a special one for me in the Southwest style which is what I know best and is the simpliest to create. I did it also on my BeadToll4 program, but since they don't offer star pattern grahps I created the star designs in diamond shapes and just beaded it as a complete star. I never did change it to a star graph since I know how to follow it to make it without the pattern being on the graph. Soem asked me if I would create one on a star pattern, but I declined as it would ahve had to be hand colored in and no pdf which most folks want to go by. I did tell anyone who desired could use the designs in a star or in any way they chose if they wanted. So far I ahve not seen a single star or other beaded item with my designs which is fine with me too. I do have a pdf for the diamonds I created to amke this star from.
I call this star "Walks In Spirit". It is also the name I created years ago and use for my beading I send out with any beaded items I make for folks.
yeah we can and one of the aliens this side of the water is going to get ice cubes shoved down his back in a minute if he doesn't get his freezing cold hands off my ears
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