Meerkat's 2011 Hardanger. A Finish 22nd May 2011

[meerkat]

As I have a finish a day after a stitching update I decided to make a separate Hardanger thread. I am hoping to do more hardanger stitching along side my cross stitch projects. This is my first ever tassle


This was great fun to make,the hardanger stitches up so quickly, it is a change of pace for me,from my cross stitching.

[Nachstenliebe]

Amazing work!!!! It looks great!!! And your tassle looks pretty spiffy
Faith

[Lili]

lovely work!

[Rose]

Oh that is so pretty!!!!!

[karen4bells]

very pretty!! Great tassel and I love the design in the 1st picture--where did you find it???

[ali-cat]

Oh, that is absolutely beautiful!!!

[Midge]

It is really beautiful. I can't wait to see more of your hardanger, it looks like you have a flair for it.

[3madspaniels]

Wow, that is beautiful! It looked lovely before it was made up into this, but now it is stunning. Love the tassel too!

[Fljotsdale]

Oh! Pretty!

[meerkat]

very pretty!! Great tassel and I love the design in the 1st picture--where did you find it???

Thank you Karen
The main hardanger design comes from Mary Hickmotts Easing into Hardanger book. I just did my own design in the middle and backed it with some lilac fabric. The outside is from a small blackwork piece I found in Cross Stitcher magazine a long time ago, which I have always wanted to use in a bigger piece of work, and I added the red cross stitches to it because I have this lovely red perle no. 8 thread I wanted to use.

[karen4bells]

Thanks for the info, really love the border of it and the entire piece is just lovely--doubt I will be able to duplicate it though. Great stitching

[hiceskater]

It's beautiful! I haven't plucked up the courage to try hardanger yet, but it's so great to look at. And the tassel looks great!!!

[Squirrel]

Your work is really beautiful and so very neat. A great start on the hardanger journey.

Sally

[tiffstitch]

Beautiful work!!

[Mabel Figworthy]

That is a gorgeous ornament, I would never have thought of finishing a piece of Hardanger like that !

[Ceitidh]

Gorgeous - looks amazing.

[Carole]

That really is beautiful

[shjordon]

Beautiful work!

[skitzzzzz]

very pretty

[meerkat]

I have been unsuccessful in getting much time to stitch my Memorial Rose this last week so I decided to make this over the weekend, as it is quick to stitch. It is my own design and I have personalised it for my friend's daughter and her husband to be, with their initials. Details of the materials I used and finishing are on my blog.
Hopefully I'll have a Memorial Rose update next week because the first week of June will be upon me before I know it, and it'll be UFO time!