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- wendywombat
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Re: Mabel's designs
It might be "same old Wildflower" but it still looks wonderful on different fabrics!
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I agree, WW.
I like the white fabric, myself, despite being a bit stark, perhaps.
I like the white fabric, myself, despite being a bit stark, perhaps.
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Amazing how the same design, same colors and threads can look different when the fabric is a different color as well as a different type. This design is beautiful on both. I'm another who especially likes the blue background.
Carole
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- kingfisher68(2)
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Re: Mabel's designs
Beautiful work & design as always Mabel, it is so very pretty. Another of Mabel's Mini Marvels
Izzi
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- Mabel Figworthy
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Re: Mabel's designs
One more mug, the smaller of the two, and I did a few things differently (FoF to follow ), most noticeably I managed to get the steam to curl "out of" the card.
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- wendywombat
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Simple but So effective.
Love the 'steam '
Love the 'steam '
- Squirrel
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Re: Mabel's designs
Very clever with the steam and it looks great.
Sally in Brisbane Australia
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Christmas Stocking from World of Cross Stitching mag. 262
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That steam is so good!! Makes the cup of tea (I assume it's tea) seem real!
Carole
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- Mabel Figworthy
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Tea, coffee, hot chocolate, or anything you like
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Beautiful card, the steam is brilliant.
Hélène
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- kingfisher68(2)
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Re: Mabel's designs
I agree, great way to show steam, lovely card
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- Mabel Figworthy
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Re: Mabel's designs
Back to my Tree of Life leaf experiments! This one is worked in detached buttonhole stitch; I first tried that on a doodle cloth in perle, and in that the texture showed up much more clearly. Here it's all a bit fuzzy and melts into each other. Still, it looks pleasant enough.
The original idea was to outline it in dark stem stitch, but I decided against that, as I thought it would look too prominent. If I had thought of it before, I would have worked a medium-coloured split stitch outline first, and worked the buttonhole over it. But I'm not going to unpick it all! so the split stitch outline will be tried out when I work this leaf in Ceylon stitch.
The original idea was to outline it in dark stem stitch, but I decided against that, as I thought it would look too prominent. If I had thought of it before, I would have worked a medium-coloured split stitch outline first, and worked the buttonhole over it. But I'm not going to unpick it all! so the split stitch outline will be tried out when I work this leaf in Ceylon stitch.
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- Squirrel
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You are a wonder Mabel with all these different stitches and ways to do leaves. I love this latest one.
Sally in Brisbane Australia
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Christmas Stocking from World of Cross Stitching mag. 262
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Re: Mabel's designs
To me you also are a wonder, Mabel. In the best meaning of the word. You turn simple things into masterpieces. I always look forward to new designs from you. Happy stitching!
Lyudmila
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I've just been catching up with your designs Mabel, you are so talented they are all beautiful and inspirational
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- wendywombat
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Re: Mabel's designs
Another splendid experiment....what a wonderful way to make a sample of stitches!
- Mabel Figworthy
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The whole tree is going to be a sort of sampler, that's true. Although how I'm going to decide which ones actually to use I may have to do several trees...
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Soli Deo Gloria, Mechthild, bling unicorn, goldwork & silk shading kits
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I couldn't agree more!!!!Podolyanka wrote:To me you also are a wonder, Mabel. In the best meaning of the word. You turn simple things into masterpieces. I always look forward to new designs from you. Happy stitching!
Carole
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Star Wars Afghan:Chewbaca
HAEDs:
O Kitten Tree
Dancing with the Cat
Everything else "on hold"
2022 Finished: Star Wars Afghan: Princess Leia, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Yoda, Finn, Rey, Poe, Han Solo,Darth Vader, BB8,Luke Skywalker
Star Wars Afghan:Chewbaca
HAEDs:
O Kitten Tree
Dancing with the Cat
Everything else "on hold"
2022 Finished: Star Wars Afghan: Princess Leia, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Yoda, Finn, Rey, Poe, Han Solo,Darth Vader, BB8,Luke Skywalker
Re: Mabel's designs
I think your leaf is really beautiful: I love the look, texture and intricate stitches. I agree with the others, you are a wonder, Mabel
Hélène
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Fit Kit by Peter Underhill
The Choir by Peter Underhill
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Best of Friends by Mabel Lucie Attwell
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- Mabel Figworthy
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I'd been meaning to pick the threads and wires for this over the Christmas break, but did it happen? Nah. So here's hoping for this weekend. A chance remark by Podolyanka about stitching a whole outfit in goldwork to match the boot I did recently gave me a thought about parasols or umbrellas, and as it happens I've ended up with one of each
Here they are on their fabrics, the umbrella to be done in silver and the parasol in gold. Both will also have a bit of appliqué. Not much to see so far but I thought I'd show it from the beginning. If anyone is interested in the design process behind it, I wrote a bit about that on FoF.
Here they are on their fabrics, the umbrella to be done in silver and the parasol in gold. Both will also have a bit of appliqué. Not much to see so far but I thought I'd show it from the beginning. If anyone is interested in the design process behind it, I wrote a bit about that on FoF.
Visit Mabel's Fancies at www.mabelfigworthy.co.uk
WIPs
Elizabethan Beauty, RSN Certificate & Online
Waiting
Soli Deo Gloria, Mechthild, bling unicorn, goldwork & silk shading kits
Flights of Fancy (blog)
Mabel's FB page
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Elizabethan Beauty, RSN Certificate & Online
Waiting
Soli Deo Gloria, Mechthild, bling unicorn, goldwork & silk shading kits
Flights of Fancy (blog)
Mabel's FB page