Stitching
Hello, and Happy Sunday! I have just returned home from a few days at the beach with my parents and my boys. This is always the perfect place for a handstitching project and I have had an idea floating around in my head for the Borderline Brilliant Contest over at Prudent Baby.
I knew I wanted to write the word in white with french knots and make some kind of floral or leafy frame in a pale green. It evolved into lillies of the valley at some point during the actual stitching. Thank goodness I drew it with my favorite pens which erase with a hot iron, the Pilot Frixion. That was pretty much my design process - doodling and erasing. So it is not perfectly symmetrical, but that's okay, I was looking for a little bit of imperfection!
I knew I wanted to write the word in white with french knots and make some kind of floral or leafy frame in a pale green. It evolved into lillies of the valley at some point during the actual stitching. Thank goodness I drew it with my favorite pens which erase with a hot iron, the Pilot Frixion. That was pretty much my design process - doodling and erasing. So it is not perfectly symmetrical, but that's okay, I was looking for a little bit of imperfection!
Is the white bow too much? I realize now I should have used twill tape instead of satin, so I think I am going to switch it out.
I'm also going to link up to Katie's Handmade Parade today. I just love all the handmade loveliness in her links!
I hope you are enjoying every last minute of the weekend! xoxox, Courtney
Adorable Courtney! Hope y'all had fun at the beach.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful job, Courtney! I love the colours, and of course, I love the knots!!
ReplyDeleteJust beautiful as it is!!!
ReplyDeleteIt's beautiful! I like the bow, but would be interested to see the twill tape bow:)
ReplyDeleteWhat a sweet design!
ReplyDeleteCourtney, I love it! Exactly as it is!
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