Saturday 21 September 2013

Illustration Stitchalong piece


This quarter we did a free choice on the illustration stitchalong and I chose to stitch up a Matt Sewell illustration from the book Our Garden Birds. I thought it lent itself to wool embroidery- these are all Appleton Crewel Wool threads. The bright sunlight here shows where I've used two colours together in the needle for a blended, tweedy effect- it's actually a lot more subtle in real life. This little guy is so cute it is begging to be made into something else- I think it might end up on a tea cosy or something.
This round of the stitchalong has been a bit quieter than the Edward Gorey and Tim Burton ones but I think more people will join in next round for Dr Seuss stitching!!

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5 comments:

  1. Flaming Nora22 September 2013 at 00:22

    I love that book, your blue tit is fantastic.

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  2. LimeRiot22 September 2013 at 16:14

    Adorable! The colors are so vibrant.

    I can't wait to see what you do for the Dr Seuss round!

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  3. Nicole Follow the White Bunny23 September 2013 at 13:03

    It's lovely! I didn't have time to play along this round but I'm already looking at Dr.Seuss illustrations for the next SAL :)

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  4. Bobby La10 October 2013 at 13:40

    Gorgeous!

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  5. sewphie29 October 2013 at 13:07

    Thank you all so much x

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