3 houses - FINISHED 3/14/14!!

starshine123102 · Post by **starshine123102** » Sat Mar 15, 2014 2:17 am

I just finished the third part in the series tonight!! It was so much fun working with all of the embellishments!

Here it is fresh off the q-snaps:

And all three together:

Frenchiejo · Post by **Frenchiejo** » Sat Mar 15, 2014 9:21 am

They're fab! I love the mixture of techniques with the applique felt as well as the cross stitch. It's really effective!

Kezzy · Post by **Kezzy** » Sat Mar 15, 2014 9:23 am

They look great - I too love the embellishments and different fabrics. Look forward to seeing how you frame them

meganh · Post by **meganh** » Sat Mar 15, 2014 10:11 am

These are so cool and unique

And they look great I can;t wait to see them all framed up!!!

gyork · Post by **gyork** » Sat Mar 15, 2014 1:14 pm

they are lovely

rcperryls · Post by **rcperryls** » Sat Mar 15, 2014 2:12 pm

Beautiful! I love the use of the felt (it is felt isn't it?) and the really uniqueness of this bright and cheerful piece. They are going to be wonderful framed!

Carole

Rose · Post by **Rose** » Sat Mar 15, 2014 2:32 pm

So sweet!!!!! Such happy bright designs!!!!!!

karen4bells · Post by **karen4bells** » Sat Mar 15, 2014 2:36 pm

Such adorable designs!! Great finishes---I love them!!

starshine123102 · Post by **starshine123102** » Sat Mar 15, 2014 3:47 pm

rcperryls wrote: Beautiful! I love the use of the felt (it is felt isn't it?) and the really uniqueness of this bright and cheerful piece. They are going to be wonderful framed!

Carole

Yup! It's wool felt from Weeks Dye Works.

I also used DMC memory thread on the suns and trees, tons of seed beads and the buttons on the hills are from Hillcreek Designs.

Oriettait · Post by **Oriettait** » Sat Mar 15, 2014 4:05 pm

Love them! Beautiful finish

charmagne_capalad · Post by **charmagne_capalad** » Sun Mar 16, 2014 8:23 am

Wow! Love them all!

Beautiful!

Nachstenliebe · Post by **Nachstenliebe** » Sun Mar 16, 2014 12:39 pm

These pieces are fantastic!!! I love how bright and how they can instantly put a smile to my face... Wonderful work!

msufly · Post by **msufly** » Sun Mar 16, 2014 12:56 pm

Very nice!! These will look great once they're framed!

rcperryls · Post by **rcperryls** » Sun Mar 16, 2014 1:24 pm

starshine123102 wrote:
rcperryls wrote: Beautiful! I love the use of the felt (it is felt isn't it?) and the really uniqueness of this bright and cheerful piece. They are going to be wonderful framed!

Carole

Yup! It's wool felt from Weeks Dye Works.

I also used DMC memory thread on the suns and trees, tons of seed beads and the buttons on the hills are from Hillcreek Designs.

I don't remember seeing the memory thread being used before (sorry if someone has used it and I have forgotten). I can see that you did couching for the trees. Did you use a paste or glue for the sun? I think it looks fantastic! How did you like using it?

Carole

littleturtlegirl · Post by **littleturtlegirl** » Sun Mar 16, 2014 2:13 pm

That look great. Congratulations on the three finishes.

gparr · Post by **gparr** » Sun Mar 16, 2014 2:20 pm

I really like those three designs and your stitching efforts have brought them to life. Congratulations! They look terrific.
Gary

starshine123102 · Post by **starshine123102** » Sun Mar 16, 2014 2:33 pm

rcperryls wrote:
I don't remember seeing the memory thread being used before (sorry if someone has used it and I have forgotten). I can see that you did couching for the trees. Did you use a paste or glue for the sun? I think it looks fantastic! How did you like using it?

Carole

I couched all of the memory thread with DMC 742, which is the corresponding color. I found it much easier to do the suns than the two trees. The suns, you only had to couch to secure them. For the trees, you also had to bring them around to the back of the work and whip stitch the ends, which I wasn't quite sure how to do properly but my method seems to have worked out ok.

Overall, I thought it was fun to use. It's easy to bend and adds a fun texture to the piece. Unless I have another chart that uses it, I probably won't use it again, simply because I wouldn't know how to incorporate it, but I did have a lot of fun with it.

The one thing I didn't do hath at I was supposed to was use fusing on the back of the wool felt. You were supposed to trace the pattern on to the fusing then iron it onto the wool, then cut the wool pieces out and fuse it to the work. I didn't have any so I just did the blankets stitch around it. I actually found that helpful since often times I had to trim the felt and/stretch it to make it fit the space like I wanted it to.

fccs · Post by **fccs** » Sun Mar 16, 2014 3:02 pm

gparr wrote:I really like those three designs and your stitching efforts have brought them to life. Congratulations! They look terrific.
Gary

I agree with Gary!!

JA Fan · Post by **JA Fan** » Sun Mar 16, 2014 4:43 pm

What great designs. They must have been a lot of fun to do!

vanessanjf · Post by **vanessanjf** » Mon Mar 17, 2014 12:08 pm

Lovely work

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