Scarlet Lips WIP Update

I'm sorry I haven't posted anything in a while.  From October to December 2012 my arm took a turn for the worse and I couldn't stitch at all!  But with new meds, I am feeling better.  In the month of January 2013 I started stitching again, and decided to continue on CCK's "Scarlet Lips" from Heaven and Earth Designs.  I wanted to get quite a bit of it done before I posted an update pic.  Here she is with all first 3 pages done, and most of pages 4 to 6 and some of 7 to 9"

I am so happy with her so far!  She is stitching up so nicely!  Here is a further shot of her on my Huge Fluffy Heart-shaped pillow.  I find she looks like a painting from far!

So pretty!  Now mostly I have her tail and tail fin and a bit more of background to stitch.
That heart pillow is so soft and fluffy, that my cat won't leave it alone!  He keeps kneading it, then going to sleep on it for hours! :)



My last update on "Scarlet Lips" was a year ago, and this is what she looked like:

So you see I stitched quite a bit of her in the month of January 2013!  I can't believe I hadn't done any stitching on her in over a year!  I will be putting her aside again and work on other stuff...




Annie ^_^

Scarlet Lips from HAED

I fell in love with this chart as soon as I saw it!  The art is by Ching-Chou Kuik.  I adore her work, and this painting is one of my favorites!  She is just so beautiful!  Heaven and Earth Designs has a lot of Kuik's art charted.  I started stitching this one on 25 count Lugana with 2 strands.  It has nice big color patches, so it stitches pretty quickly.  Here is a photo of a WIP earlier on:

She started coming out so pretty.  I just love her wavy hair!  Lots of different shades of blue and purple!  Here is another WIP a few months later:

Here you see most of her hair, face, and rose in her hair is done.  A few months later...:

Almost all of her hair is complete.  Her face and the rose are done, and I did a lot of her hand, neck, shoulder and back.  She is like a painting!

So far, she is my favorite chart I am working on! <3

Annie ^_^

Pisces from HAED

This chart is part of an astrological series of ACEO's by the artist Sara Butcher.  I adore her work!  Heaven and Earth Designs has all of the charts for the rest of the signs.  There is something so magickal about Sara Butcher's paintings, so I couldn't wait to get started stitching this one!  Here was an early WIP done on 25 count Lugana with 2 strands:

From the beginning, I had lots of trouble with the Kreinik thread.  The sparkly look of it is stunning, but it is very unpleasant to stitch with, because it keeps getting caught and snagging...I had used 2 strands first, but it was too thick, so I undid it and used 1 strand.  It was still quite difficult.  But recently I read in Thea's blog that she used Sulky thread instead which is easier to work with.  I bought some from eBay, so when I receive it, I will undo the Kreinik and start over with Sulky!  If you want to read about it in her blog, it is in the entry dated January 4th, 2012.  Here is a link to her blog:  http://gizzimomosstitchyplace.blogspot.com/
So I decided to work on Pisces' face some more to see how she comes out:

As you can see, I did a large part of her face, but I feel a little disappointed with the colors.  There is too much gray in her face!  Although it's supposed to be because of the shining light.  I need to have faith in HAED, because they are geniuses over there.  Maybe if I continue with the source of the light and everything, it will match better?  Here is a close up of her face:

Do you see what I mean with the too much gray?  I hope it works out, because I love this chart!

Annie ^_^