Atlantis Rising, Framed

Atlantis Rising by Ro Pace is finally framed.  I am very pleased with this piece!  I had forgotten how gorgeous it is till I pulled it out of the closet to go to the framer.  The mats & frame really set it off nicely I think.

Atlantis Rising, FINISHED

Here you go:  Atlantis Rising all finished!  I know a lot of you are drooling over the photos in the Seminar Brochure, and you will notice that my AR is slightly different than Ro's.  Ro kindly allows her pilot stitchers to personalize their projects.  I opted for adding a 3rd diamond at the top of the Bargello and used large diamond shaped turquoise beads I found at Michaels.  I think they work well.  My colors are very close to Ro's, but slightly different, and I think we used metallics in different places.  I also added bugle beads to fill the Jessicas in the outer border.

This is a spectacular piece and a class you will enjoy!

Atlantis Rising Progress #3

I know, It's been more than 2 weeks.  But here we are now with the next Progress report on Atlantis Rising.  At this point, the Bargello is complete and I had nearly completed the 2 upper corners.  There is still a lot to be done!  I had not yet decided what I was going to do with the big diamonds within the Bargello and, as I recall, I ran out of the thread I used for the Criss Cross Hungarian at the top right and had to order more.

The Seminar Brochure for Philadelphia is out with the class descriptions & photos, so you have seen Ro's model for this class.  I will post my finished piece next week.



Atlantis Rising, Progress #2

OK, here is a later version of Atlantis Rising.  I had made quite a bit of progress by this time.  The Bargello is complete, and the upper corners are done except for the background.  I had started to fill in the area beneath the point.

I don't have a lot of progress photos.  So, I will wait two weeks before showing you the next one!

Atlantis Rising by Ro Pace

For some time now I have been working on a pilot for Ro Pace, Atlantis Rising.  Ro will be teaching this piece at Seminar this year.  She has given me permission now to post about it.  I will go back in time & show you the progress photos, one at a time!  Hopefully to keep you interested & enthusiastic about taking this class!  It is a large and very challenging piece!

This is progress photo #1.  The prework is completed and the first section (mostly Bargello) is begun.  Ro allowed her pilot stitchers to change colors and I changed them slightly, but not significantly.  The main changes I made was to use 18-count aquamarine canvas, rather than white or off-white congress cloth and from a kind of rosy color that Ro used for contrast, to a copper.

This piece has a lot of Bargello, you can see from the photo I think the large section of Bargello I have begun.  Then there are many other stitches used in all the other sections, which are fun to explore and will result in an exciting piece!

Stay tuned, I'll post another photo next week.