This very special piece that I designed , painted and stitched for my husband, just got a new lease on life...I worked it the early 80's... all in wool..imagine that...and because we had no money to get it professionally finished, I mounted it on a frame with upholstery tacks and covered the back with cloth...well over the years and all our moves, it was a little worse for wear, dirty...it amazes me how clean and bright It came back from the finisher...like new...this is the lone example of me using a variety of stitches..french knots ,turkey stitch, cut and on the owl , the turkey stitch was left uncut...a nice looped affect...there are a lot of other stitches and frankly i don't know what they are called off hand...with all the painting I do, I rarely ever stitch....the piece is around 16 x 12 on 13st...it now hangs in our bedroom.... all refreshed and nothing beats the look a professional finisher can give a piece...money well spent...
2 comments:
It's wonderful! I remember "turkey work" stitch. If it weren't for stitching models, I'd rather be knitting. I had forgotten that we did get some great effects with wool when that's all we had.
I wish I had known you then....one of my nieces loved the Winnie the Pooh.....it would have been fun to stitch one of these!
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