She asked me if I had ever had my finished pieces appraised for insurance purposes (I have not), and then told me the estimates for both framed and unframed pieces. I discussed this one day with one of the ladies at the shop, and told her I mainly worked on TW’s designs. I really want to have Stroke of Midnight framed for my living room, and plan to have it done at Suwannee Valley Cross Stitch in Trenton. I’ve completed seven of her designs, and am plugging away at the eighth. I have recently begun to think I might to like to design cross stitch patterns, but looking at TW’s work makes me realize I have a very long way to go. I love watching her work in progress, and cannot wait for the Jacobean design to come out I hope she will make the carousel horse into a design too. TW is an amazing artist as well, and has blogs for both her needlework and her art. Most of her pieces have a patterned border that shows off some fancy stitching, and some make heavy use of beading (Angel of Frost took a long time to finish, but it was worth it -see below). A nice feature of her work is that even in the easy pieces, she uses a lot of blended needle threads (using one strand of one color and one strand of another) to soften the contrasts. TW’s designs range from very easy (Rapunzel was mostly just straight stitching) to very complicated (Father Winter uses many different embroidery techniques – see previous post). There’s a good cross-section of fantasy, medieval and floral designs to choose from, and the color schemes are soft and pretty. I’ve worked on her designs almost exclusively for the past 12 years – why is that?įor one thing, her designs are beautiful, and incorporate themes I like.
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