Today was definitely a non-needlepoint day. First thing I stopped at the post office to mail several packages, one to my main belt finisher and the others to customers. Then I went to Verizon where I bit the bullet and purchased an I-phone 4S. I'm going to a class tomorrow morning to learn about it. I was surprised that it didn't come with a manual, but then I wasn't a star pupil at deciphering my flip-phone's manual. My afternoon was spent at the movie theater where I saw Donizetti's L'elisir d'Amore from the Metropolitan Opera's HD transmission. It was full of beautiful music and marvelous acting. Great way to spend a few hours.
I stitched the hat brim in the nobuko stitch using three green shades of silk 'n ivory. It was easy to maintain the pattern with the color changes.
I couldn't wait any longer to stitch the "emerald". It's done in the slanted gobelin over 2 threads. It looks very real in person. I used one of Kreinik's new lacquer metallics. I added another couple of strands to the plume's long-short split stitch. To me, while effective, long-short is like a fine wine--a little goes a long way!
I stitched the hat brim in the nobuko stitch using three green shades of silk 'n ivory. It was easy to maintain the pattern with the color changes.
I usually make myself work a canvas from the top right-hand corner to the bottom. However, after I did the two-tone metallic braid on the hat, I didn't want to keep track of the partial strands of metallic so I skipped down on the canvas and started one of the epaulets. It was so satisfying that I couldn't stop before I finished! It is alternating rows of slanted gobelin vatican metallic divided by gold 3270 single rows. The blue stones are blue Kreinik lacquer done in the Scotch stitch.
