Mabel's Hardanger

[Like_Fine_VVine]

Terrific color choices and amazing stitching as always.

I wanna be you when I grow up .

[Nachstenliebe]

Beautiful You have a great eye for color schemes
Faith

[tiffstitch]

Beautiful work Mabel! I like how you've ordered the bands for your bell pull, very good eye! Excellent finish on Lustrum, and good start on Percival!

[Mabel Figworthy]

Some progress on Percival -- all stitching, beads and bling done apart from cutting and weaving -- the photos don't do the beads and bling justice, alas but I like how it's developing



and a close up:

[ali-cat]

Oh, my!!

Beautiful - absolutely beautiful - and the beads and bling look wonderful in the close up photo!

[charmagne_capalad]

Wow! It's so lovely!

[maggs]

Love the black one and Percival is looking good to. You are one talentated lady

[karen4bells]

very very pretty!!!

[Rose]

Gorgeous colors!!!!!!!!

[Parksfarm]

Gorgeous work!

[agi]

Fabulous!
You are very talented as a photographer, too I love your close-ups. Why mine never turn up nearly as good?

[Maddi]

Woah!
I like your work... very classy & elegant. The one with turquoise shades makes me want a huge tapestry-like fabric for my chairs, hah

[meerkat]

Beautiful stitching Mabel. Your designs are gorgeous.

[Mabel Figworthy]

I saw a pic on the internet of a piece of hardanger where the eyelets were done in variegated thread, and I thought I'd try something similar, using the variegated thread for the filling stitches as well. Here it is, on 28ct opalescent Lugana, using DMC perles (#5 and #12) and Gloriana Princess Perle Petite, plus a flower charm. the only thing I don't understand is why it came out slightly rectangular instead of square, when I stitched it in a hoop...

[Mabel Figworthy]

Did the cutting on Percival, and also poked all the cut ends away (though when I looked at the photograph close up I noticed one had escaped!) -- now all that is left is the needle weaving and filling stitches

[Midge]

GORGEOUS!!!!!!

[Like_Fine_VVine]

Amazing job as always Mabel!

[Rose]

Beautiful work!!!!

[Serinde]

Mabel, great work. I'd discovered eyelets done in variegated colours when doing a design by Nordic Needlecraft (the Inverness group). It's really effective for just little spots of colour without jeopardising a classic white on white design. You can see it on a piece in my gallery.
That square white design would look very Christmassy by using Caron Holiday (red and green, basically) as the eyelets and putting a seasonal charm in the centre to replace the little flower... Is it your own design, or did you find it somewhere online?

[Mabel Figworthy]

Serinde, I charted it myself, but it is such a basic design (square with an uncut diamond in the middle) that I would hesitate to call it "my own design" -- but I didn't take it from a mag or online or anything, no, just the idea of the variegated eyelets.
I've got a Needlepoint Inc silk in variegated red and green which I may try; I charted about 5 variations on a theme so I won't get bored with the same one over again.

PS Had a look at your gallery -- reminded once again of the beautiful work you've done! -- and saw that the one I got my eyelet inspiration from is the same one you did ! I've been uhmming and ahh-ing whether to get the chart, it's a lovely design, but I've got so much lined up already it's gone on my long-term wish list