waterdew
05-10-2010, 12:24 PM
Following on from the cotton I won in Artikaur's giveaway, as promised, I have finished some items using it...
7524 I did a bracelet and a couple of pendants/motifs.
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Unfortunately, I wasn't able to get a true representation of the colour of the cotton, but if you imagine the pix in a richer, deeper, regal blue you may get a better idea.
It is the first time of working with a smaller thread (it is a DMC Perle 8 Col 823), I normally use size 10 so this was a learning curve for me. The reason being it highlights all my mistakes! It has made me correct my sloppy methods, some of which I didn't even realise were mistakes until I looked at the result.
Goodness knows when I will have the confidence to go down another size - I think I will live in ignorance to anything else I do wrong until I am ready.
However, now that I have dipped my toe in showing my items, I have got my camera out and hope to be putting more projects in my album soon. Have a look at some point ...
7524 I did a bracelet and a couple of pendants/motifs.
752275237525
Unfortunately, I wasn't able to get a true representation of the colour of the cotton, but if you imagine the pix in a richer, deeper, regal blue you may get a better idea.
It is the first time of working with a smaller thread (it is a DMC Perle 8 Col 823), I normally use size 10 so this was a learning curve for me. The reason being it highlights all my mistakes! It has made me correct my sloppy methods, some of which I didn't even realise were mistakes until I looked at the result.
Goodness knows when I will have the confidence to go down another size - I think I will live in ignorance to anything else I do wrong until I am ready.
However, now that I have dipped my toe in showing my items, I have got my camera out and hope to be putting more projects in my album soon. Have a look at some point ...