I hope you all had a good Easter! (This was my Luna bar Saturday morning before choir practice, visiting Michael's parents, architectural tour of Sovereign and running tons of errands.)A couple weekend ago I was able to "ornamentify" my latest finished ornament.
Oriental Splendor
Cindy Valentine Designs, from JCS 2008 ornament issue
22 ct. Ariosa with Anchor #8 pearl cotton, Watercolors and Kreinik #4 braid
Cindy Valentine Designs, from JCS 2008 ornament issue
22 ct. Ariosa with Anchor #8 pearl cotton, Watercolors and Kreinik #4 braid
Stitching around all those corners was not exactly fun, but I love the result! Here's the copious back personalization again:
Then I started thinking, Gee, could I have picked a more boring background? Surely I have something Asian I can photograph this next to? 
Aaahhh...we have a winner! 
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Wow! That CV ornie is stunning! Love the colors, they're so eyecatching. You've done a beautiful job!!!
ReplyDeleteVery nice! A reminder that I need to get stitching again. I finally got the last of my stuff in on Monday.
ReplyDeletewow...your ornament finish looks fabulous
ReplyDeleteLove the ornie, and the ornamentification too! Impressive!
ReplyDeleteIt looks lovely Heather, congratulations
ReplyDeleteAhhhh very pretty! And very yummy looking too!
ReplyDeleteAwesome job! It's beautiful! I still haven't started my first one! I may need an intervention.
ReplyDeletefantastic finish! love it!
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