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how adorable!! I have a real good friend that has a pet squirrel and would love something like that!! Nice stitching!!

Excellent stitching as always, Mabel. What is the number of the Kreinik 'Starburst' metallic, please? And I think I've fallen in love with Abalone, too... (will I be forced to buy stash??)

Concerning the Victoria Sampler kit: well, I always cut in a frame, the tighter the better.

Serinde wrote:What is the number of the Kreinik 'Starburst' metallic, please? And I think I've fallen in love with Abalone, too...

Kreinik Starburst is #95, Caron Abalone #51.

Serinde wrote:(will I be forced to buy stash??)

Will it make you feel better about your purchase if someone forced you ? All right then: "Serinde, you positively must buy stash!

Gorgeous work as always especially the squirrel and I love the ribbon work, never seen it before


Louise

Lovely work

Mabel Figworthy wrote:

Serinde wrote:What is the number of the Kreinik 'Starburst' metallic, please? And I think I've fallen in love with Abalone, too...

Kreinik Starburst is #95, Caron Abalone #51.

Serinde wrote:(will I be forced to buy stash??)

Will it make you feel better about your purchase if someone forced you ? All right then: "Serinde, you positively must buy stash!

Mabel, what in the world would I do without you?

I'd started another Madonna using Dinky Dyes silk (will probably finish it tonight), but doing all that Hardanger with lots of satin stitch in Caron Watercolours suddenly gave me an idea -- how about doing the Madonna in satin stitch? I tried two, one on 24ct black congress cloth (using 200 Aquamarine) and one on 20ct cream aida (using 051 Abalone).

Although the photograph of the one on aida looks better, in real life the one on congress cloth is more successful, I think -- coverage is better, and because it is a canvas and quite stiff, the fabric keeps its shape better while making all those long stitches. But I'm quite pleased with both of them and they are QUICK!! So I'll certainly do a few more (they are also terribly strokeably, very soft and fluffy )

They look great Mabel

Love them!!! What a great idea--they look fabulous! I will have to remember to try doing a couple like this when I get around to them! Great idea, and they look very fast to stitch up that way

Bravo! That's so outstanding!

Great idea Mabel, the satin stitch madonnas look awesome. Look forward to seeing more of them

Very nice and I like the combination of the colors on the second one the best. I do like the black but the thread color of the second is more stricking.

Those are lovely! Great colors!

Oh, wow! I love the satin stitch Madonnas! I may well betempted to do a few that style myself!

And here't the "standard" one I'd started -- it uses Dinky Dyes stranded silk (83 Peach Melba) and Petite Treasure Braid (23 Snow):



16 of an intended 24 finished and with a few more of the satin stitch quickies I should easily make it!

Very pretty... I love how the color changes in this variation look so subtle I'm sure you have the pattern memorized by now!
Faith

Nachstenliebe wrote:I'm sure you have the pattern memorized by now!
Faith

Pretty much, yes -- makes it very easy to stitch them while watching telly!

Oh!! I love the new Madonna's The satin stitch works so well ... but I really love the shades in the 'Peach Melba' silk. They are all beautiful!!

I love seeing all of the different ways your madonnas look--this one is fabulous, but then again, they all are