Well, I managed to finish another UFO on Thursday. This is another Michael Powell design called Windmill (who would have ever guessed?). This makes 3 of his designs that I've actually finished. He is one of my favorite designers and I only have about 20 more of his kits to go. I love the way they turn out but, boy, do I hate doing the backstitching on them. I really dislike the way 2 strands of floss look when backstitching so I decided on Windmill to use one strand of #8 perle cotton. That seemed to work much better than the floss. I guess I'll get a better idea after they're framed. I'm thinking of having the 3 of them framed together with a black mat and a silver frame.
This design is called Christmas Lights. I'm not sure if it goes with the other 2 so I may rethink my idea of framing these 3 together and substitute one of the other kits I have of his to stitch. As you can see from the bottom picture, it just looks out of place from the other 2. I know I can find something else that will work better than this combo.
8 comments:
What beautiful finishes!
Congratulations.
WOW 20 more kits to still do.... hope you have many more wonderful years of stitching.
Congrats on the finish! I love all three.
Great job and I think they look very nice together.
What wonderful work. I love Michael Powell and have about 8 of his to stitch too!
I love the three of them together - the moon and stars tie them all as one.
Hi,
Congralulations on your finish!!!! It came out really pretty!!!
Great finishes! I think I have a couple of his kits in my stash somewhere. Maybe I'll have to go dig them out now!
Bette, your MP's look fantastic!!! I love his stuff too. I found on some of his newer kits they've given like a perele cotton for the backstitching. I actually kinda enjoy the long stithces (without two strands).
I look forward to when I can put needle to thread on another MP again.
Thank you for your kind words.
Congratulations!! Truly awesome pieces.
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