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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 :)
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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 :wink:
Faith

Re: Meerkat's 2011 Hardanger. Ornament Finish 01.05.2011

Posted: Sun May 01, 2011 3:08 pm
by Lili
lovely work! :applesauce: :applesauce:

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!!!!! :wub: :wub:

Re: Meerkat's 2011 Hardanger. Ornament Finish 01.05.2011

Posted: Sun May 01, 2011 3:43 pm
by karen4bells
:wub: 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
Oh, that is absolutely beautiful!!! :applesauce: :applesauce: :applesauce:

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! :wub: :D

Re: Meerkat's 2011 Hardanger. Ornament Finish 01.05.2011

Posted: Sun May 01, 2011 8:55 pm
by meerkat
karen4bells wrote: :wub: 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 :dance:

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!! :applesauce:

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 :applesauce: :applesauce: !

Re: Meerkat's 2011 Hardanger. Ornament Finish 01.05.2011

Posted: Mon May 02, 2011 12:45 pm
by Ceitidh
Gorgeous - looks amazing. :applesauce:

Re: Meerkat's 2011 Hardanger. Ornament Finish 01.05.2011

Posted: Mon May 02, 2011 1:14 pm
by Carole
That really is beautiful :applesauce:

Re: Meerkat's 2011 Hardanger. Ornament Finish 01.05.2011

Posted: Mon May 02, 2011 1:29 pm
by shjordon
Beautiful work! :applesauce: :applesauce:

Re: Meerkat's 2011 Hardanger. Ornament Finish 01.05.2011

Posted: Mon May 02, 2011 1:45 pm
by skitzzzzz
very pretty :applesauce:

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!
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