Finished Student Project Photos

I have recently received photos of two beautiful finished projects that I want to share with you.  This Safari tote was stitched by Leigh Miller.  Leigh is the owner of Needle Bug in Montgomery, Alabama.  I had a wonderful time visiting her shop and teach Safari a few years ago.  Great job Leigh......I love the style of tote bag.

And the beautiful Tropical Jazz tote bag below was stitched by Susan Deshensky.  Susan just won a 2nd place ribbon for her stitching at this year's NAN.  I love the combination of fabric colors used for the tote bag  finishing and I wish you could see all the additional beading she added.  It looks super.....congratulations! 

Thank you for sharing your finished projects.

Proposal Sketches

I shipped off proposal packages for two new designs I have been working on.....shown previously here.  As these designs are only partially stitched I needed to "fill in the blanks" by adding pen ink and watercolor to illustrate the finished design.

Here is Summer Garden Collage................It is approximately 7" square.

And here is Tiebele Nights.........the final name given to the African design.  It is approximately 5 " square without an outer border. This design might appear to be almost finished but I cut and pasted all the finished parts to collage the "finished project".  

I will be finishing the stitching on both of these over the next several months and will post a few updates.  It is always interesting to see how close the finished design compares to the sketch.  

Happy Valentine's Day to everyone!

PEAR DUET

I have been working on the drawing for Pear Duet for awhile.  I did several sketches and tried out different combinations of water-soluble pencils to paint the design.  There are about 5 or 6 layers of water-soluble colored pencil used for each area, then just a little water is needed to dissolve the pigment.  I just finished the pears and copied the design to Transfer Artist Paper (by Leslie Riley) which I will then irone on to 18-count canvas in the same manner as Leaf Collage.    

To create the background framework I will use a "string" pattern such as that used to a framework for a Zentangle (see my other blog:  http://terrystangles.blogspot.com.  

Tomorrow and Monday I plan to pull a palette of threads to "audition" from my stash.  I will post again when I have most of the first pear stitched to show what I have in mind.