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Posted by Tia Mary on September 20, 2006, 10:41 am
Hi Guys,
I am starting to think seriously about my next project to be started
once I finish the stuff I am working on as holiday gifts. I have a
series of seasonal bellpull charts from Calico Crossroads that are
designed by Linda Connors. Each one has a seasonal flower (Autumn has a
pumpkin) placed somewhere within the word for that season. Here's the
link to all the bellpull designs
http://www.calicocrossroads.com/he/category_results.cfm?Category=18 --
the Autumn design is the first one on the page.
Anyway, they are really pretty and not terribly large so should work
up quickly. I will probably stitch them on either a pale greenish even
weave or one of the neutral colors I have in my stash. I'd LOVE to do
them on one of the hand dyed fabrics from Picture This Plus (
http://www.picturethisplus ) but I'm not sure my pocketbook could handle
the cost as I will need about a yard for each bellpull! I will be
changing the colors in the lettering to stuff that looks good in my
family room and still coordinates with the flower motif. I bought some
lovely hand dyed variegated silks from Dinky Dyes when I was at CATS for
just this purpose. The SPRING design has a pansy and I already have a
number of variegated purple/green and purple/yellow silks. SUMMER is a
pink rose and I got a nice pink/purple/cream variegated (#101
Kalamunda). AUTUMN is a pumpkin and I bought a pretty pale
cream/peach/orange variegated (#33 Desert Sands). There's no purple in
the Desert Sands color so I might just have to add a few purple beads to
the pumpkin grouping -- LOL!
My problem is with the WINTER design. The flower looks like a
spider mum and is done in blue -- I.A.Y.P.!!! I don't like blue so I
obviously want to change the color. I will do the colored part of the
letters in Waterlilies #025 Holiday, a red & green variegated silk. I'm
not sure I want to do the flower in plain old red silk. I keep running
the idea of doing the flower in rayon or maybe using Kreinik with the
silk. I have a number of pretty variegated red silks but I'm not sure
the flower would look good done in a variegated.
So, anyone who is interested, could you take a look at the site and
find the WINTER bellpull and let me know if you have any brilliant ideas
for that spider mum? If no new ideas come to mind, I'll probably just
add some 031 Kreinik (I *think* that 's the number for the opalescent
color) to each of the solid red silk colors called for. Thanks bunches
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& CiaoMeow >^;;^<
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PAX, Tia Mary >^;;^< (RCTQ Queen of Kitties)
Angels can't show their wings on earth but nothing was ever said about
their whiskers!
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Posted by ellice on September 20, 2006, 11:20 am
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> Hi Guys,
> I am starting to think seriously about my next project to be started
> once I finish the stuff I am working on as holiday gifts. I have a
> series of seasonal bellpull charts from Calico Crossroads that are
> designed by Linda Connors. Each one has a seasonal flower (Autumn has a
> pumpkin) placed somewhere within the word for that season. Here's the
> link to all the bellpull designs
> http://www.calicocrossroads.com/he/category_results.cfm?Category=18 --
> the Autumn design is the first one on the page.
> Anyway, they are really pretty and not terribly large so should work
> up quickly. I will probably stitch them on either a pale greenish even
> weave or one of the neutral colors I have in my stash. I'd LOVE to do
> them on one of the hand dyed fabrics from Picture This Plus (
> http://www.picturethisplus ) but I'm not sure my pocketbook could handle
> the cost as I will need about a yard for each bellpull! I will be
> changing the colors in the lettering to stuff that looks good in my
> family room and still coordinates with the flower motif. I bought some
> lovely hand dyed variegated silks from Dinky Dyes when I was at CATS for
> just this purpose. The SPRING design has a pansy and I already have a
> number of variegated purple/green and purple/yellow silks. SUMMER is a
> pink rose and I got a nice pink/purple/cream variegated (#101
> Kalamunda). AUTUMN is a pumpkin and I bought a pretty pale
> cream/peach/orange variegated (#33 Desert Sands). There's no purple in
> the Desert Sands color so I might just have to add a few purple beads to
> the pumpkin grouping -- LOL!
I think they'll be really nice. But, being kind of a splurgy oriented
person - if you're already doing them in silks, they'd look really nice on a
hand dyed. Sadly, the link didn't work. Or you could get a softly colored
linen that would work as a background for all of them. Or you could tea dye
your stash neutral. Or even kool-aid dye.
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> My problem is with the WINTER design. The flower looks like a
> spider mum and is done in blue -- I.A.Y.P.!!! I don't like blue so I
> obviously want to change the color. I will do the colored part of the
> letters in Waterlilies #025 Holiday, a red & green variegated silk. I'm
> not sure I want to do the flower in plain old red silk. I keep running
> the idea of doing the flower in rayon or maybe using Kreinik with the
> silk. I have a number of pretty variegated red silks but I'm not sure
> the flower would look good done in a variegated.
> So, anyone who is interested, could you take a look at the site and
> find the WINTER bellpull and let me know if you have any brilliant ideas
> for that spider mum? If no new ideas come to mind, I'll probably just
> add some 031 Kreinik (I *think* that 's the number for the opalescent
> color) to each of the solid red silk colors called for. Thanks bunches
> & CiaoMeow >^;;^<
I see your point. IMHO, you could do the variegated red silk. Maybe
manipulate it a bit, or use 2 slightly different shades in the flower. Hey-
it's your flower ;^)
I used some of the opalescent Kreinik in with birds on this piece which I'm
doing as a wedding sampler (instead of the alphbet). And I used the
midnight blue overdyed thread mixed in - much nicer. Eventually I'll get my
pix up somewhere.
http://www.wyndhamneedleworks.com/Blackbird_Designs/be_kind_and_true.htm
As long as you're asking - I just picked this up for a fall project (didn't
say what year). I don't like the pale aqua - so I'm contemplating changes -
though I think this will be on some nice neutral-ish linen. Any ideas? It
gets doen in Waterlilies and eithr floss or silk. I haven't decided - but
have a pretty good silk stash right now, so, maybe.... Open to opinions
since Tia Mary opened this excellent subject.
http://www.wyndhamneedleworks.com/Indigo_Rose/acorns.htm
For fun, and for DH's crazier sister - I'm about to start this:
http://www.raisetheroofdesigns.com/all.html scroll down to "Scooba Dooba"
It's pretty funny - and a way to use lots of my overdye stash - they call
for 20 weeks colors and 6 Sampler Threads - but, who knows what I'll do. I
think that I'm going to have to add some sparkly stuff - I know the crazy
DSIL will love that. And I think I'll change the diver to reflect the
colors in her wetsuit. Always open to ideas.
ellice
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> PAX, Tia Mary >^;;^< (RCTQ Queen of Kitties)
> Angels can't show their wings on earth but nothing was ever said about
> their whiskers!
> Visit my Photo albums at http://community.webshots.com/user/tiamary
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Posted by Brenda Lewis on September 20, 2006, 11:24 am
Um, that's a carnation (flower representing birthmonth of January) not a
spider mum. They are frequently dyed any color so red would work as
well as blue. Some of my favorites are white flowers with just the tips
of the petals in color. Like this:
http://www.eslconnect.com/digital3/carnation.jpg
Tia Mary wrote:
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> My problem is with the WINTER design. The flower looks like a spider
> mum and is done in blue -- I.A.Y.P.!!! I don't like blue so I obviously
> want to change the color. I will do the colored part of the letters in
> Waterlilies #025 Holiday, a red & green variegated silk. I'm not sure I
> want to do the flower in plain old red silk. I keep running the idea of
> doing the flower in rayon or maybe using Kreinik with the silk. I have
> a number of pretty variegated red silks but I'm not sure the flower
> would look good done in a variegated.
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Posted by Tia Mary on September 20, 2006, 9:49 pm
Brenda Lewis wrote:
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> Um, that's a carnation (flower representing birthmonth of January) not a
> spider mum. They are frequently dyed any color so red would work as
> well as blue. Some of my favorites are white flowers with just the tips
> of the petals in color. Like this:
> http://www.eslconnect.com/digital3/carnation.jpg
WHOA -- funky looking Carnation -- and that's my birth month too --
LOL! I was wondering why the design had what I thought was a spider
mum -- mums are usually for autumn not winter! I know red would work,
I was just hoping someone might have some other idea. I suppose that if
I did the designs on a colored fabric, I could do the flower in white!!
There's loads of white carnations -- even white spider mums too
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:-))! CiaoMeow >^;;^<
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PAX, Tia Mary >^;;^< (RCTQ Queen of Kitties)
Angels can't show their wings on earth but nothing was ever said about
their whiskers!
Visit my Photo albums at http://community.webshots.com/user/tiamary
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Posted by Brenda Lewis on September 20, 2006, 9:59 pm
Tia Mary wrote:
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> WHOA -- funky looking Carnation -- and that's my birth month too --
> LOL! I was wondering why the design had what I thought was a spider
> mum -- mums are usually for autumn not winter! I know red would work,
> I was just hoping someone might have some other idea. I suppose that if
> I did the designs on a colored fabric, I could do the flower in white!!
> There's loads of white carnations -- even white spider mums too
> :-))! CiaoMeow >^;;^<
Sounds like a plan to me--the white will certainly go with the
lettering. It's my birth month too. :-)
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Brenda
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