Tulip Festival

Dear friends and fellow bloggers,

I am so glad this is the start of a long weekend, I have so much to catch up on. I apologise for the lateness of replying to emails, but I thank you all for your kind comments.

 

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So I have a stitching finish. I started Tulip Festival by With Thy Needle and Thread / Brenda Gervais towards the beginning of the month and finished it a couple of days ago. Of course there are changes ….. Weeks Dye Works Whitewash was changed to DMC 3865, I didn't use Gentle Arts Sampler Thread Woodrose (1 stitch) using a pinky part of Classic Colorworks Tennessee Red Clay instead and lastly the problem of the Valdani thread. I left the bunny until the end and then went through my overdyed threads. I picked out two with what I thought would be OK but Classic Colorworks Onion Skin was the best colour match to the chart photo. I'm still not sure about the bow around her neck. I did stitch up and down on the upright tulips and obviously across on the horizontal ones. 

 

 

Tulip Festival - With Thy Needle and Thread / Brenda Gervais.

40ct Platinum Newcastle linen.

Used mainly recommended threads except:

DMC 3865 instead of WDW Whitewash.

CC Onion Skin instead of Valdani 852.

Did not use GAST Woodrose.

 

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I'm back to working on Christmas Garden by Blackbird Designs. So close to finishing, a couple of letters left and the personalisation.

 

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Until next time …..    HAPPY EASTER!!!