april 16, 2012

A crewel owl - progress

Jeg har øvet mig på mit lille crewel projekt - det, der på et tidspunkt skal blive til en nålebog.
Jeg er glad for farver men også lidt skræmt af dem så jeg er kort sagt en kylling og vælger den sikre vej - at lure på andres valg af farver.
Jeg er rimelig godt tilfreds:-)



Den lidt tykke brune gren øverst til venstre piller jeg nok op igen. Den er lidt for bred i forhold til de ret små blade, der skal broderes, så den skal være smallere.


Acorns - I like them.




Loving colours but also being scared of them I've looked and looked at a lot of pictures to get inspiration. So far I'm pleased with the result.
However the dark brown stem at top left - I think it is too thick, so I will pick that one out and make one that is a bit slimmer and maybe a lighter colour, so it will match the small leaves better.
The acorns are fun to make, I like the texture of the french knots

                     

9 kommentarer:

Rachel sagde ...

I think I agree that the dark stem would be better if it were lighter, and perhaps narrowed towards the top.

Rosa sagde ...

Narrowing the tip - great advice.
Thank you, Rachel :-)

Grete sagde ...

Så flott du broderer! Du bør jo egentlig brodere tykke grener og annet "tykt" med alt det garnet du har......
Nå er jeg i gang med min utfordring. Tror det kan bli vanskelig å bruke alle stoffene i samme teppe.......

Bente-I like to QuiltBlog sagde ...

-det ser fint ud, synes jeg.
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Annelise Pedersen sagde ...

Det ser godt nok spændende ud, Rosa! Jeg klæder mig til at se det færdige projekt ;-)

Wendy sagde ...

The acorns look great. I'm not sure about the dark stem - It will look different anyway when you've added the leaf, so would it make sense to put the leaf in, then decide about the stem?

Rosa sagde ...

Tak Annelise - det her blir' helt bestemt færdigt;-)


Wendy, I thought about leaving it. The reason is that I (the GREAT designer!!!..hehe) drew the stem rather thick, so it will be difficult for me to make it slimmer without the pattern showing below... the wool is supposed to cover those lines.
Well - I'm still learning - the mistakes helps me get better;-)

Caroline sagde ...

Just discovered your blog! Very cute!

Rosa sagde ...

Thank you, Caroline:-)