I wish metallic thread photographed better. Any Jessica Rabbit quote really needed some glitz and it does provide it well. I've altered the bust highlights in the finished pattern.
The metallic went okay once I started doing the one thread folded (with slipknot at the needle eye) method and started using the Thread Heaven conditioner. The silver was way easier than the red though. The red peeled easily to show a bloody silver core. What is DMC thinking? Surely they could use a red core?
I'm working on and off on this Ink Circles pattern. I also went a bit nuts ordering pretty silk floss from an Etsy seller. The really vibrant ones tend to be less vibrant in person, just so you know. The yellow-orange is really gold-brown in person and doesn't look as nice against the blue as in the photo, but oh well. I was eager to try out the silk floss on something.
Oh that's a great quote--but I confess I'm blown away by the circles. The colors in the picture catch the eye, but it's the actual design I'm lusting after. Please do let us know if/when you put it up at your Etsy store.
ReplyDeleteIt's not my pattern. It's an Ink Circles piece (there's a link in that last paragraph). I'd love to be able to design pieces like that, but I fear it's beyond me.
DeleteYou sell yourself short, Meredith. And thanks for the link.
DeleteHa, thanks, we all have different art skills though. I haven't tried that sort of designing for a while, so maybe I'll give it another go soon, or go about the initial stages on paper rather than the computer. We'll see.
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ReplyDeleteI have been eying that ink circles pattern for a while and love your take on it but wasn't quite sure. This gives me ideas now! Thank you!! Are you using floss from the etsy store in the second link? This is going to be so pretty when it is done! :)
ReplyDeleteThe gold is from that Etsy store, but the other two are just DMC colors (115 and 4130). I used a different color on the right side of the circle (haven't taken a good picture yet) and now I'm kind of annoyed at myself over it, but oh well. I don't think the silk thread works as well for cross-stitch through. The Ink Circles are certainly intimidating in their size. I love the way the demo at that link is done, with gold variegated on black.
DeleteMy plan right now is to do the outlines of the small intersecting circles above and below what I've stitched already in dark blue and then a purple-pink-reddish thread for the fill designs. All still up in the air though.