I was getting a bit anxious because some of the participants were on their second or third towel, and I had yet to receive anything. At least my towel had arrived in Edmonton and it's first embroidery is gorgeous!
So finally, no more suspense.... here is the first towel I've completed for the tour; the whole towel so far (the owner's work is on the top left, mine is on the bottom right):
And the detail of what I've added:
Perhaps her theme will be "things with wings"? I am curious to see what will be added. I wondering if adding later in the circle/group is going to be harder or easier; easier because more of a theme will be established, or harder because all the good patterns are gone. What do you think?
This one was a bit hard to do because her towel was more like Aida cloth (not a smooth weave) and the pattern I found was not an iron on, but I had to trace it with a pencil onto the cloth. I fell back to my childhood ways, a trick my father taught me - to turn the light on in the oven and hold the pieces on the glass door as a makeshift light box. However, this is when I realized that the oven I grew up with had a much bigger window than the one I have now. And the fabric wasn't smooth making my lines uneven and faint. But it's done, and I'm happy with the results.
One thing I've learned over the years with embroidery and many other craft projects, is to withold judgement until the project is complete, or nearer completion at least. I find with embroidery it looks so much better once the last stitches are done and it's been ironed. Then you step back and look at the image as a whole, instead of as each individual stitch which you pay so much attention to during the sewing.
The day after the first towel arrived (one week late) the second towel arrived. Actually, the second one will be an apron. I will post photos of it tomorrow.
4 comments:
Love it!! and i think either way- when there's more on the towel, it'll give you more ideas of what to do in the theme, when there's less you can go nuts and create a theme! depending on what it is you can always repeat a design in different colours or do a variation of one that's already on there too.... :))
OH CUTE! I love that little bird. Well done. Also, thanks for the light box tip. Good one. I'm sure that will come in handy for something in the near future...
I remember doing that with the oven window! Your birdie is very cute. I hope there are no more delays with deliveries.
Jo-Ann - you remember using the stove window too! That's pretty cool - it's just too bad my oven window is half the size as the oven my parents had, because it makes it harder to do.
Thanks everyone for the nice compliments. Very much appreciated.
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