Having found that I need the carrot and stick approach to finishing large stockings, this is yet another carrot for hours of basketweave. A few of my favorite things….
I added the “Good heart” because we live in Good Hart Michigan. The heart is a Rhodes heart.
For the snow, which was painted with a multiple of blues and greens mixed with white, I used a long stitch variation with Snow and an overdyed Kreinik that matched the painted colors. I stitched with two needles, one threaded with Snow and the other with the Kreinik. A magnet set kept the unused needle and thread parked away from the action.
The tree was done with a long and short stitch using Boucle’ for the greens (also used for the holly bough trim) and Fuzzy Stuff for the snow.
For the smoke from the chimney, I unraveled Flair and couched it down. It was great fun to unravel the Flair—it was a bit of revenge for its tendency to do that on its own.
Still stitching the cuff on the stocking in basketweave…and now working on two Halloween candy canes that my good friend Linda gave me for Christmas. You’ll see them next!
Having found that I need the carrot and stick approach to finishing large stockings, this is yet another carrot for hours of basketweave.
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That is an absolutely darling stocking. I just love wintery scenes like this one.
Pierrette =^..^=
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