I'm not great at post titles...each time I begin a new post that's the first thing I have to tackle. Some times it's quite easy...others require me to be creative with words.
Drawing, stitching, playing with color, this I can do, words can throw me a curve. Which my mind just stitched in herringbone [the curve, would be cool in herringbone]. See!
This post is about, the nose, the mustache, the hair, the eyebrows, his lacy face, the cute little squares of felt on his hat. Progress being made so I can effectively write the guide with real photos of the stitching completed. That's how this one works best.
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| His nose...beautifully shaded beneath the padded felt I couched to the surface. I had many stitches in mind for the nose but none were going to bring it forward enough. I've been wanting to play with felt on canvas and voila! I cut two circles, one smaller to fit underneath for padding. Next, I'm going to blush it with 'blush'! This will be accomplished by cutting a hole the size of his nose in a piece of paper. Then I can apply the blush to make his nose a bit more dimensional with no fear of hurting his lacy face. |
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| For the little squares marching across his hat, I used more felt. Turned out rather fun, even if I did poke my finger a few times using a 'sharp' needle. |
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| Tired of stitching...this one plays with her colored pencils and ideas for another canvas. This is just a portion of a larger design soon to come to life as a Kimberly design! |
