The end of the year always is this weird time when I seem to finish a lot, but have little to show because I never know who might prematurely catch a glimpse of their gift! In this case, I took part in a secret Santa exchange over one of my facebook stitchy groups. According to tracking information, it was delivered on Monday, so even though I haven't heard from my partner yet, I don't think she's reading this blog, so I'll just post it.
The theme was Christmas ornaments, and she said her favourite colour was orange - of course, that's not quite so easy to bring together, but I think I managed quite well in the end. I even managed to use all things from stash - a bit if fabric I picked up earlier this year because it was an off-cut and I liked the colour, floss from previous projects, and some fake leather tassles I bought with a collection of charms some months ago. And I got to use two patterns I had saved for years! You can find them here and here, if you are interested.
I hadn't tried this style of finishing before - don't quite know what to call it, either - but I found it pretty interesting and think it'd work well with many biscornu-style symmetric patterns. What do you think?
4 comments:
I love that finish! How many sides are there? Three or four?
The tassels are so pretty too.
Wow! These are stunning. The finishing is something I've never seen before. Beautiful work!
What a fun and unique ornament you've created for the exchange, Leonore! Can't say I've ever stitched an ornament in orange--yet :) Enjoy your week ♥
Thanks for taking part again. I think orange must be one of only a few colours which doesn't feel 'Christmassy' but these look fantastic and stand out against the green tree. I hope your exchange partner liked them. :)
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