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Meerkat's 2011 Hardanger. A Finish 22nd May 2011
Posted: Sun May 01, 2011 11:34 am
by 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.
Re: Meerkat's 2011 Hardanger. Ornament Finish 01.05.2011
Posted: Sun May 01, 2011 2:05 pm
by Nachstenliebe
Amazing work!!!! It looks great!!! And your tassle looks pretty spiffy
Faith
Re: Meerkat's 2011 Hardanger. Ornament Finish 01.05.2011
Posted: Sun May 01, 2011 3:08 pm
by Lili
lovely work!

Re: Meerkat's 2011 Hardanger. Ornament Finish 01.05.2011
Posted: Sun May 01, 2011 3:38 pm
by Rose
Oh that is so pretty!!!!!

Re: Meerkat's 2011 Hardanger. Ornament Finish 01.05.2011
Posted: Sun May 01, 2011 3:43 pm
by karen4bells

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

Re: Meerkat's 2011 Hardanger. Ornament Finish 01.05.2011
Posted: Sun May 01, 2011 3:50 pm
by ali-cat
Re: Meerkat's 2011 Hardanger. Ornament Finish 01.05.2011
Posted: Sun May 01, 2011 4:33 pm
by Midge
It is really beautiful. I can't wait to see more of your hardanger, it looks like you have a flair for it.
Re: Meerkat's 2011 Hardanger. Ornament Finish 01.05.2011
Posted: Sun May 01, 2011 4:47 pm
by 3madspaniels
Wow, that is beautiful! It looked lovely before it was made up into this, but now it is stunning. Love the tassel too!
Re: Meerkat's 2011 Hardanger. Ornament Finish 01.05.2011
Posted: Sun May 01, 2011 7:29 pm
by Fljotsdale
Oh! Pretty!

Re: Meerkat's 2011 Hardanger. Ornament Finish 01.05.2011
Posted: Sun May 01, 2011 8:55 pm
by meerkat
karen4bells wrote: 
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.
Re: Meerkat's 2011 Hardanger. Ornament Finish 01.05.2011
Posted: Sun May 01, 2011 11:29 pm
by 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

Re: Meerkat's 2011 Hardanger. Ornament Finish 01.05.2011
Posted: Sun May 01, 2011 11:29 pm
by 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!!!
Re: Meerkat's 2011 Hardanger. Ornament Finish 01.05.2011
Posted: Sun May 01, 2011 11:46 pm
by Squirrel
Your work is really beautiful and so very neat. A great start on the hardanger journey.
Sally
Re: Meerkat's 2011 Hardanger. Ornament Finish 01.05.2011
Posted: Mon May 02, 2011 2:39 am
by tiffstitch
Beautiful work!!

Re: Meerkat's 2011 Hardanger. Ornament Finish 01.05.2011
Posted: Mon May 02, 2011 12:37 pm
by Mabel Figworthy
That is a gorgeous ornament, I would never have thought of finishing a piece of Hardanger like that

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Re: Meerkat's 2011 Hardanger. Ornament Finish 01.05.2011
Posted: Mon May 02, 2011 12:45 pm
by Ceitidh
Gorgeous - looks amazing.

Re: Meerkat's 2011 Hardanger. Ornament Finish 01.05.2011
Posted: Mon May 02, 2011 1:14 pm
by Carole
That really is beautiful

Re: Meerkat's 2011 Hardanger. Ornament Finish 01.05.2011
Posted: Mon May 02, 2011 1:29 pm
by shjordon
Beautiful work!

Re: Meerkat's 2011 Hardanger. Ornament Finish 01.05.2011
Posted: Mon May 02, 2011 1:45 pm
by skitzzzzz
very pretty

Re: Meerkat's 2011 Hardanger. A Finish 22nd May 2011
Posted: Sun May 22, 2011 2:39 pm
by 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!

