Mabel's Hardanger - thread closed

[mags]

Oh wow, that is fantastic

[Pengwenn]

We need a jaw dropping smiley because that is stunning. Those petals look fantastic.

[karen4bells]

Amazing!! Very very very pretty and delicate!!

[meerkat]

Frozen Flower is beautiful

[mechie]

That is stunning! I've never seen anything like it before. Wonderful!

mechie

[Parksfarm]

Oh Mabel, Frozen Flower is stunning! I absolutely love it!!

[Serinde]

branching out into stumpwork? Frozen Flower is gorgeous.

About your frame and the tautness of fabric. You might try lacing the sides to pull it tightly? I'm working on a 21" roller frame at the moment and it's a total nightmare because I can't get the fabric tight enough. It's a solution I'm going to try.

[wendywombat]

I've always known that hardanger could be light and delicate.........................

BUT that just Floats into another dimension!



* definitely need a Jaw dropping Smilie!!*

[Nachstenliebe]

OMG... that is the mecca of hardanger prowess.... That is absolutely stunning Mabel
Faith

[Mabel Figworthy]

Thank you all -- for some reason this one was a bit of a struggle to keep working on, even though it isn't actually that much more difficult, and I did enjoy seeing the little white floating islands emerge

At the moment I'm not stitching a lot, I seem to be too tired to pick it up in the evenings, but instead ido a lot of scribbling and doodling and so there are several designs in various stages of progress !

One of the problems is holding my scroll frame. I greatly prefer flexi-hoops, or wooden hoops is I have to, but that wouldn't do for this project (and one or two others on my planned list), which is why I got this frame. But it is rather awkward to hold, especially as I don't want to put my hand on the top dowel (which is what I'd do instinctively) because I'd get the fabric all grubby . I did think about those Qsnap covers, but then I had a brainwave -- do you know those disposable shower caps you get in hotel bathrooms? I could stretch one over each of the dowels and that should work! Found a pack of 10 on eBay for £1.74 incl postage, so I bought them and as soon as they arrive I will do some serious word on Fruit !

I'm also trying to find the right threads for Odessa -- theones I originally picked are really a bit too pale, and also I'm not sure I've got enough of them (they're hand-dyeds), and you wouldn't want to run out half-way through

I haven't quite decided yet how to stitch the Papillon SAL -- I'd prefer a hoop, but I'd have to leave the beading till the end

Anyway, no stitching at all this weekend as we're away playing with the old cars in what looks likely to be a very VERY muddy field!

[rcperryls]

Enjoy your time off from stitching. Sounds like a good time for a break until those shower caps arrive anyway.

Carole

[jocellogirl]

Just staggeringly beautiful. You're one very talented lady .
I hope those shower caps arrive before you set out in your car. Judging by the weather forecast you'll need them on your head on Sunday!

[Cecilia]

Beautiful design.

[Lizzieh]

Amazing as always.
Would you say you prefer Hardanger over cross stitch now?
I still remember you deciding to have your first go at doing hardanger and now you are producing such stunning designs.

[Mabel Figworthy]

I still remember you deciding to have your first go at doing hardanger

I know, I recently worked out that I've been doing Hardanger for less than 2-1/2 years now, but it feels as though I've been doing it forever -- it's really my sort of stitching. I do still like cross stitch, and I have a number of charts that I would like to do (like the Cat Hair one) ... the trouble is just finding the time !

Jo, the shower caps arrived after we'd left, and anyway I doubt they would have stood up against the amount of water that descended on us over the weekend; you've never seen such an amount of mud, most of it distributed all over the cars and the drivers -- and, unfortunately, the scorer (me...). Good thing I didn't bring my stitching

The shower caps are a papery type, not the plastic I expected, but for now they'll do. When I've used these up (I'll replace them as they get grubby) I'll scout around for plastic ones.

And here they are in action, with a bit more of Fruit -- I was slightly worried that the two shades I'd chosen might not go together stitched (it's difficult to tell when they're still on bobbins) but I think they do *phew*.



Oh, and here is a close up of one Gloriana silk perle Kloster block. It was taken on a miserable, grey day (today) without flash, and just look at the shine

[rcperryls]

That is going to be so pretty, I can't wait to see how it looks when you are done. I love the threads. I think they look fantastic on that fabric.

Carole

[Nachstenliebe]

That silk looks lovely
Faith

[karen4bells]

this is really going to be nice!! The thread colors are gorgeous!!

[Rose]

Very pretty!!!!!!!

[3madspaniels]

Frozen flower has to be the most beautiful hardanger design that I have seen! You are amazing!
I love the colours in the new one too.