mags' SAL

mags · Post by **mags** » Sun Nov 11, 2007 12:28 pm

Thanks Jilly and Genevieve

Rose · Post by **Rose** » Sun Nov 11, 2007 5:32 pm

I love that nursery rhythm. It was always a favorite, but I could never remember more then the first refain.

Mags your kitty is really shaping up. Wow what a great art piece.

mags · Post by **mags** » Sun Nov 11, 2007 6:11 pm

Thanks Rose

I'm now thinking about stitching the rhyme

mags

Kitsune · Post by **Kitsune** » Tue Nov 13, 2007 10:07 pm

Wow! That pair would be great framed together with the Rhyme stiched between theme... Perhaps a deep red wood frame with brown & gold for the inner framing... And the poem done in maroon!

Sorry, I got carried away, but really, those two pics together with the poem and two linked rings at the top or bottom of the poem...

Just beautiful!

mags · Post by **mags** » Tue Nov 13, 2007 10:23 pm

good idea Kitsune

Kitsune · Post by **Kitsune** » Tue Nov 13, 2007 10:27 pm

Thanks!

I love designing things... I just don't have much personal talent for framing and such!

I do have an excellent eye for colour though!

Ekidna · Post by **Ekidna** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 2:43 pm

Wow!! Looking great mags!! The owl is going to be challenging too, but so worth it, I just love the eyes, the depth of colour is just gorgeous.

What a great idea to incorporate the poem!! Genius!!

Aren't you all so clever!!

mags · Post by **mags** » Sun Dec 02, 2007 5:23 pm

Just added a couple of pics of Christmas cards to my gallery. All trees this year and they are all from freebies found on the internet. That is all I am doing this year.

I can now get back to my puss cat

Rose · Post by **Rose** » Sun Dec 02, 2007 6:15 pm

Those are really cool picture cards. I like the trees, very festive.

mags · Post by **mags** » Thu Dec 27, 2007 2:42 pm

Well I have now finished my cat picture - sorry but you will have to look in my gallery as I still haven't gotten round to setting up a webshots

I said I would report back on how easy it was to remove the red cotton. It was a bit fiddly but no worse than I had imagined. I must admit to two tiny bits left in where I daren't fiddle any more but I don't think anyone will see them - I could only see them by scanning in and zooming in to a very large size.

If anyone else is doing this gridding, be sure to remove from the back of the work rather than the front.

I have also posted up to my gallery the back of my work as I had scanned it in to check for red cotton and I didn't think it looked too bad so thought you might like to see it.

I am now going to send off for the owl

Ernie2jess · Post by **Ernie2jess** » Thu Dec 27, 2007 3:04 pm

Mags, I love it....you did so great!

Rose · Post by **Rose** » Thu Dec 27, 2007 6:07 pm

Oh Mags that has come out so wonderful. I really like that picture it is fabulous. And your back makes me want to scream. My backs never look like that.

I hate you....JK

mags · Post by **mags** » Thu Dec 27, 2007 7:43 pm

Thank you

Genevieve · Post by **Genevieve** » Sat Dec 29, 2007 7:48 am

Love the cat, Mags. It's a beautiful piece of work. He looks very thoughtful - I wonder what he is thinking?

coffee_freak · Post by **coffee_freak** » Sat Dec 29, 2007 12:38 pm

so pretty!! the coloring of the eyes..beautiful..
how big is it btw? and the back does look good!! i try to keep the back neat....no luck

mags · Post by **mags** » Sat Dec 29, 2007 3:10 pm

Thanks everyone for your comments both here and in my gallery.

CF - The kit says it is 8" x 10". Actual stitching area is 90 x 110 sts maximum and it is on 14 # aida = approx 6.5" x 8"

(am currently messing about with alphabets for the poem)

mags · Post by **mags** » Thu Feb 07, 2008 5:52 pm

Well if this works ok the following should be a photo of the owl so far (not very far

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mags · Post by **mags** » Thu Feb 07, 2008 5:58 pm

Posted pic ok

This is more difficult than the cat - there are no areas of a block of one colour at all

There are 22 colours.

Serinde · Post by **Serinde** » Thu Feb 07, 2008 8:50 pm

Looking good!

Jilly · Post by **Jilly** » Thu Feb 07, 2008 8:52 pm

It will be worth it Mags