I know, I haven't been showing you progress photos. Oh well, now it is finished.
Tiebele NIghts by Terry Dryden is now finished.
I made a few changes. I decided I didn't care for the yellow/gold parts, so I changed them to the salmon color. Since the background of the center diamond was painted yellow, I stitched it with 071 #4 Kreinik, kind of a copper/black blend (this same color is used elsewhere but it is #12), in a 4-way Continental. The yellow still shows through, but not so much.
I used the brown/black overdye for the border.
Thanks to Terry's generosity, I had plenty of thread for everything, even though I used a lot more than intended of some of the threads. I did have to replace the bugle beads though because I wanted to do them all in one color rather than in 2 shades. Fortunately, I had what I needed in stash.
Now I'm caught up from Seminar and back where I was before!
The second class I took at seminar was Tiebele Nights with Terry Dryden. This was a one day class.
The project is small and a fun stitch. I chose the alternate colorway which is earthtones.
The best part of this particular class was learning about Copic markers. Terry let us play with her markers and the yellowish part of the center diamond is colored with those markers and will be stitched over with light coverage. They are GREAT markers for canvas. Since I have been home I have purchased a set of 36 of these markers and will be experimenting with them for some of my Bargello designs.
The second best part of this class was Terry telling us a bit about Zentangle. I know you have heard of this drawing technique from your blog reading and so had I. But I never explored it before & now I am. It is very cool.
I have only worked on Tiebele Nights once since returning home, but it goes fast! Here is a photo of my progress so far.
I have used almost all of the threads/colors included in the kit.
This is going to be really pretty!
