Keeping my word to have a guilt-free January, I started Mirabilia’s 1997 freebie “In Cupid’s Garden” this weekend. It features one of my favorite stitching themes (watering cans) and I have wanted to stitch this freebie for quite some time but have just never gotten around to it.
I have chosen to stitch it on 32 count cream Belfast and am substituting Kreinik for the metallic DMC since I don’t have the DMC on hand. I haven’t looked, but I doubt I have the beads it calls for so I will have to order some or use something that I already have.
So far the watering can is stitching up without difficulty but I must admit that when I first saw the colors used in the darker areas I was a little skeptical. It calls for a green-brown blend (3023 & 844) and a beige-silver blend (644 & Kreinik 001) that look very peculiar when holding it close and stitching. However, apparently it is one of those pieces where you don’t get a good idea of the effect of the coloring until you look at it from a distance because when I photographed it I was impressed with how good the shading looks.
Even though I was quite busy this weekend, I had an amazing stitching weekend and have already reached 10 hours on this piece. I am not really ready to put it down, but I am committed to moving on to the next piece in my rotation nevertheless.
According to my rotation, “Poet’s Heart” should have followed “Fairy Flora,” so unless I decide to indulge in another of my guilt-free January starts, that is what I will work on next.
vEr0n!c@ says:
I’ve always loved the Mirabilia freebies but have never gotten around to stitching one. That’s a pretty good start. Would never have guessed that there’re blended colours had you not mentioned it. Look forward to seeing more updates.
6 January 2008 at 22:20
Leslie says:
Fantastic start! Guilt free January is so much fun isn’t it:)
7 January 2008 at 14:35