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silk painting
Oh thank you for your kind words but I can never leave a "piece" alone. The
suggestions had 25 or so stitches repeated over and over so I added the other 60 myself so no stitch repeated much. I did stick with the suggested DMC coloration as it fit perfectly for what I am doing but translated that into silks. I bought it for the design so I did not have to do that part. I am leaving the design as drawn. That saved me hours and hours of work. I am putting it in a federal room with red draperies and yellow brocade federal settee and red/yellow/gold Martha Washington Lolling Chairs , one in front of each 3 windows, and a chair highlighting the emblem in mahagany too. I just love this room. I found a Waterford ceiling lamp that makes "pollyanna" rays outward into the ceiling which is brilliant. Then I miraculously found federal era lace reproduction curtains for under the red from Nottingham lace antique looms that fit perfectly-- not too Victorian which a lot are these days-- with the wreath in it that works, an eagle convex mirror, bookcasing with light blue Jasperware inside , an Irish drum table appropriate to the era, a tea table, and a large 42" tilt table --all mahagany , and a wonderful library table etc. so using it as a library so we will actually use the room. The silk painting piece is big so have no idea what to use for a frame though--stock frames I have memorized since nothing ever changes and I have seen them so often, and they seem improper to me for this. The frame will need to be gold to work but so little into the project yet that not too worried about that yet. Of course, like all needlework projects, it is going to be an odd sized finished piece! |
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Try looking for some antique frames of the period--most are dark
wood(mahogany or cherry) and were made for portraits. "BDS2pds" wrote in message ... Oh thank you for your kind words but I can never leave a "piece" alone. The suggestions had 25 or so stitches repeated over and over so I added the other 60 myself so no stitch repeated much. I did stick with the suggested DMC coloration as it fit perfectly for what I am doing but translated that into silks. I bought it for the design so I did not have to do that part. I am leaving the design as drawn. That saved me hours and hours of work. I am putting it in a federal room with red draperies and yellow brocade federal settee and red/yellow/gold Martha Washington Lolling Chairs , one in front of each 3 windows, and a chair highlighting the emblem in mahagany too. I just love this room. I found a Waterford ceiling lamp that makes "pollyanna" rays outward into the ceiling which is brilliant. Then I miraculously found federal era lace reproduction curtains for under the red from Nottingham lace antique looms that fit perfectly-- not too Victorian which a lot are these days-- with the wreath in it that works, an eagle convex mirror, bookcasing with light blue Jasperware inside , an Irish drum table appropriate to the era, a tea table, and a large 42" tilt table --all mahagany , and a wonderful library table etc. so using it as a library so we will actually use the room. The silk painting piece is big so have no idea what to use for a frame though--stock frames I have memorized since nothing ever changes and I have seen them so often, and they seem improper to me for this. The frame will need to be gold to work but so little into the project yet that not too worried about that yet. Of course, like all needlework projects, it is going to be an odd sized finished piece! --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.690 / Virus Database: 451 - Release Date: 5/22/2004 |
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