Saturday, November 22, 2014

Antique Mirror Chrysanthemums

Started on the superposition chrysanthemums. They were reasonably ok - all things considered; the edges were not as evenly scalloped as they should be. At least the stitches were not sinking into the foundation. There are a lot more chrysanthemums that I should be able to improve on. It was quite difficult to stitch through all the layers in addition to the thick fabric.


A few "personal devices" I employed: 
1. I used DMC cotton instead of self-padding silk;
2. I used pliers to pull the needle through on the thick parts;
3. I used my circle template to generate the circles.


Saturday, November 15, 2014

Antique Mirrors

Back to Faded Treasures. It's tissue transfer and basting, on and on and on...
Basting is done.



I decided to not baste every line, as evident in the two hanabishis. I'll see what happens when I start stitching them.

Tissue removed. I had to vacuum the floor afterwards to get rid of all the tissue scraps that I threw down as I was removing them.