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Sunday, October 13, 2013

Blue, White and Grey

I rewarded myself for my recent spree of finishes with a new start. It was toss-up between Mirabilia's Cinderella and Deco Spirits and I eventually went with the latter.

I got a ridiculous amount of stitching done this week so you can see a fair bit of Earth here.

Deco Spirits
32 ct White Lugana

There is so much metallics in this! And it has strange cotton/metallic combinations too. It has one symbol that's 2 strands DMC and one Blending Filament. Is there anyone out there who likes stitching with that stuff? There's another that's one strand Kreinik #8 and one strand DMC. The Kreinik simply shreds the DMC to pieces! I've made the executive decision to stitch those with a full cross in #8 and put a half cross on top with one strand DMC. Same for the BF ones (one strand #8 full cross and one strand DMC half cross on top). I hope it works out.
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7 comments:

  1. valerieOctober 13, 2013 at 10:39 PM

    Great start Blu! You got a lot done on the Earth square. :) I detest working with metallics but the effect is worth the frustration.

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  2. GiovannaOctober 14, 2013 at 3:42 AM

    Great new start - it's actually one of the few Mirabilia's I like (and own). Yeah, metallics are a pain...

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  3. Pull the other threadOctober 14, 2013 at 5:54 AM

    Wow you got an amazing amount done on this one.

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  4. CatherineOctober 14, 2013 at 6:50 AM

    Looks great! Someone once told me to pull the clear thread from the metallics/filaments and they will lay nicer. Not sure if that will help you or not.

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  5. demeter83October 14, 2013 at 2:27 PM

    Looking great, you'll soon have another finish

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  6. D1-D2October 15, 2013 at 9:38 AM

    I hate using the blending filament as well. It was the first time I stitch with it when I started Peacock Tapestry. I ended up taking Teresa Wentzler's advice: full cross stitch using DMC thread and then go over the top leg of the stitch with the blending filament. So far it's going well and I don't see much of a difference than if I did a complete stitch with the blending filament.

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  7. AngieOctober 16, 2013 at 11:09 AM

    what a pain.

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