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With the crest and eye stitched Mr Duck begins to have character and personality.
The colour in the first photograph is awful, it was taken after dark in artificial light. The next one is better but the colours are still not true.
© JEC/Carol-Anne Conway
© JEC/Carol-Anne Conway
The breast seems to cause more angst than another part of this design, I was looking forward to it with more than a little trepidation.
The foundation is staight forward, a vertical foundation in flat black silk.
© JEC/Carol-Anne Conway
The guidelines are curved ...
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and the holding stitches follow these curves.
© JEC/Carol-Anne Conway
My first attempt was awful (unfortunately I didn't take a photograph before I reverse sitched it). Margaret then demonstrated how I should be doing it and with the first 2 rows stitched by her serving as a guide, my second attempt was much improved.
© JEC/Carol-Anne Conway
I forgot to take step-by-step photographs of the side breast feathers. When I stitched the first row of white, I thought that I liked its irregularity but when I stitched the second row, I found I preferred that one. I think that I will rework the first row at a later date but for now I want to move on to the next technique.
© JEC/Carol-Anne Conway
Happy Stitching
3 comments:
Beautiful!
Fascinating to watch this project build up - thank you!
How is the short stitch holding done? I love your posts because they always give me new stitch techniques to try and tons of inspiration.
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