FINISHED!
At long last I can present my finish photo. Not my mounted and ready to display shot, but my “all stitching done” pix: and proof that I’ve signed the thing: I finished it up within 24 hours of my last...
View ArticleONLY INCHES AWAY FROM DONE
O.k. Here I am: Only inches away from total done-ness. Just a tiny bit more gridded void fill at the uppermost left hand corner, and to finish out two narrow strips in the final section: I’ll probably...
View ArticleBLACKWORK SAMPLER – YEAR 2
This is new for me. I’ve had projects that spanned years (decades, even), but never before have I had one embroidery project that I worked on without stopping, that has taken more than a year. Even my...
View ArticleSNEAKING UP ON A YEAR
O.k., I’ve finished the upper right hand corner, shown here in a traditional String pre-dawn fuzzy photo: And here is all that’s left to go: Just the upper left. You can see I’m finishing out the leaf...
View ArticleSTORMING THE CASTLE
UPDATE: THE UNICORN PATTERN BELOW IS NOW AVAILABLE AS AN EASY DOWNLOAD PDF AT THE EMBROIDERY PATTERNS LINK, ABOVE. Holiday over, we slowly revert to standard routine here at String Central. However,...
View ArticleYOU GUESSED IT – MORE PROGRESS!
A boring progress post today. I’m still filling in the upper right hand area, next to the dragon: Three bands, about 60% of the height of the area filled. These patterns are all in TNCM2. And speaking...
View ArticleFILLING IN
True to my word (although somewhat tardy) I post this week’s progress: I’m filling in the left edge area next to the dragon with narrower bands: It’s Question/Answer time again. These are from posts...
View ArticleDRIFTING LEAVES
Or in our case today, drifted leaves. Covered by snow during our unseasonable pre-Halloween snowstorm. Very odd to have to shovel a path for trick-or-treaters. In any case, here are some leaves as yet...
View ArticleEDGE OF THE KNOWN WORLD
I’ve reached the top edge of my giant blackwork sampler: The current panel will span the entire width of the piece: It’s adapted from a Lipperheide pattern. The original is shown with a pulled thread...
View ArticleDRAGON DONE
The dragon panel is finished! I wish the shading on the tail end of the beast better balanced that on the head end, but what I have here is true to the original. If I ever stitch him up again, I may...
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