This painted canvas marbled circle I bought in Australia, so it has to have been in my stash 4-5 years. The label says it is "Individual Marbled Canvas by Alison Snepp and Karma Bains and I bought it at Mosman Needlecraft in Mosman, which is a suburb of Sydney. I think it is painted, but it could be printed, I can't tell for sure.
First I realized it was on interlock canvas - which I hate! Then I noticed that the circle wasn't really round, which is one of my pet peeves, so I counted it out and basted a more accurate circle. There is no such thing as a perfect circle in needlepoint (or cross stitch), but it must at least be symmetrical for me to be able to stand it!
Since it is interlock canvas (18-count), I decided I'd better stick with floss as just about anything else would be too heavy for the lightweight canvas. So I'm using almost all overdyed cotton flosses from my stash. I did have to use some regular DMC floss cause I ran out of the rust overdye and I refuse to buy anything for this canvas. I am also putting in a little bit of Kreinik metallic to spark it up a bit, also from stash.
Sorry about the quality of the photo. It is just a scan and my scanner doesn't really like it when the canvas is on a frame - it just won't sit flat enough so it comes out a bit blurry around the edges. I am fairly pleased with the piece though. I only hope I don't find too many missing stitches once I can see again. I get my new glasses in a week or so. Hurray!
3 comments:
Hooray for being able to see again! I had to chuckle while reading this. What we won't put up with just to put thread on canvas sometimes! I think the image is quite lovely, as is the stitching you've done so far.
Congratulations on making it to the New Glasses phase and I think your stitching is fine.
I marvel at what you do... mad miters and now this! It is really looking great and will be very interesting to contemplate. I would have looked and kept on going.... but after seeing yours if I see something similar I just may go slower!
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