Cross Stitch: 60th Birthday Card
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A little later than intended, thanks to life getting in the way, but here at last are the pics of the 60th birthday card I made for my friend. Unfortunately, it went a bit wonky when I stuck it to the card because it's quite large. I used one strand of thread on 18 count fabric, so the stitched piece is a little over 6 inches tall by about 3 1/3 wide.
There should be more to the border, another shade filling in most of the gaps, but I liked the simpler version so I left it at that.
Thankfully, the card was much appreciated, a good thing sing it took me over a month
to stitch because it was hard to see what I was doing under artificial light.
There should be more to the border, another shade filling in most of the gaps, but I liked the simpler version so I left it at that.
Thankfully, the card was much appreciated, a good thing sing it took me over a month
to stitch because it was hard to see what I was doing under artificial light.
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Date: 2019-01-03 06:28 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2019-01-03 11:44 am (UTC)I haven't tried stitching on darker cloth although I have fabric cut out for some designs on dark blue fabric (so many things to stitch) but I find stitching with light colours on light fabric can be really difficult in artificial light, especially when working on high count fabric with one strand of thread. I have a daylight lamp somewhere, but I have no idea where.
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Date: 2019-01-03 08:46 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2019-01-03 09:07 pm (UTC)I have another 60th birthday card to do as soon as the evenings get a bit lighter, this time for my sister. In the meantime I've go some small birds designs on 14 count that I want to get on with. If I can tear myself away from writing!
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Date: 2019-01-03 11:31 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2019-01-04 11:53 am (UTC)