Taking a break....

[charmagne_capalad]

Hello everyone! I took a break from doing my current WIPs and decided on this series of cute ladies (free designs from http://www.cross-stitching.com" target="_blank). This is the 1st one out of three. I also gave the "crayon tinting" a try!

[Angel]

YAY Small projects are good for taking a break, and I'm sure they'll look lovely together ^_^

[~threadbear~]

That's lovely and the crayon tinting blends in great with it.

[mags]

That's great, and the crayon tinting is wonderful. Must give it a try

[Becca]

That looks great, what is the crayon tinting exactly?

[~threadbear~]

Becca, there's a link to it if you click HERE

[Mabel Figworthy]

The crayon tinting sets it off beautifully -- and the character is great fun!

[Jilly]

It is good to have a break sometimes, the crayon tinting works so well

[SusanF]

Very nice, I really like the crayon tinting effect. I'd like to give it a try on my next small project (don't think I'd have the nerve to try it on anything larger though).

[coffee_freak]

very cute! I have those patterns too..but in a magazine..
great job in the tinting! I think I will be doing this when my iron is working again

[sammy_v]

Good idea on taking a break, we all need one now and then.

Love this idea of the crayon tinting, looks great. The patterns are very nice also.

[Rose]

That really is cute. How did you like the color tinmting as far as working withit on the cloth? Did it seem to make any difference in how the thread moved through the material? Did the color seem to rub off on your had at all? It would be great to have first hand info on this.

[charmagne_capalad]

The first one is finished! I had fun with the crayon tinting (i used the simple crayola brand). I followed what was adviced in this forum (click on the link as posted earlier by threadbear ) I just added a step before ironing it out - I smudged the tinting with a cotton ball. It softened the shades and removed the excess wax. There's no difference as far as how the thread moved through the material and since I rubbed it with cotton the color will not be rubbed off by your hand as you stitch and will not affect the thread.

You're right SusanF ...it's good to try it first on small projects...Like you, I don't think I can do it this easy with large ones...might give it a try someday...

Happy stitching!

[Angel]

looking lovely

[charmagne_capalad]

Thanks so much Angel! I'm about to start the second one...I'm actually enjoying this mini projects...I'm afraid it will take a while to get back to my large ones...

[Angel]

What I do is I have two projects on the go, my big one which I do at work and a small one for at home. So I work my big one four days a week and my little ones whenever I feel like it at home. That way I don't get bored of either. Perhaps doing something similar would help you not get bored.

[charmagne_capalad]

Ya, that's good idea. I'll try to have a schedule so I can do progress on both. Thanks again Angel!

[Angel]

You're welcome ^_^ I hope you work something out that suits you.

[Jilly]

That looks really effective, well done

[carolyn61]

Adorable. Thanks for posting your experiences with new the crayon tinting. It's quite nice having insights from different people.