Unfortunately, I couldn't get a good shot of the actual fabric color, so I had to do a lot of color correction on these photos, and it's still not great. The fabric is Ocean Belfast by Sugar Maple Fabrics and it's more of a solid aqua blue, not as heavily mottled as these pictures suggest.
Naturally, I made some small changes as always. :p
- over one skin with the usual recharting to smooth the boundaries between colors
- dyed my own variegated blue to use in the fin and tail :)
- replaced blue Kreinik in tail with random color from stash
- replaced all size 11 beads with delicas
- gave her a pearl earring
- used shell instead of heart on... whatever that thing is she's holding
- also used bugle beads and more pearls/gemstones on the thing
- modified shape of beaded curls a bit to allow for easier/cheaper framing!
- changed color of curls to PTP I had in my stash
Whew, I think that's it.
What's next? More Flight of Freedom - checked with MIL and yes, FIL would be thrilled to receive it as a gift, so I feel a lot better about stitchng it now - and Beaded Dragonfly Tile. For real this time. I'm going to finish that blasted tile this year even if it kills me!
Gorgeous finish!!
ReplyDeleteLove your finished mermaid.
ReplyDeleteShe looks amazing! A great finish. Glad to hear you've got the motivation to stitch on your FIL's gift though I do think your wife should help out too!
ReplyDeleteShe's beautiful! I must say though:
ReplyDeleteWe are gathered here today to preemptively mourn the passing of Rahenna... she planned to complete the dragonfly tile, but with its track record, it is likely to kill her.
Haha, you're probably right though. I worked on it for maybe 15 minutes and put it away in disgust...
DeleteShe is gorgeous! Congrats on the finish!
ReplyDeleteShe looks fantastic, congratulations on your latest finish!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous work on the mermaid, love the close-up photos, she's quite busty for a Nora!
ReplyDeleteIt's nice to know that your FIL will really appreciate the design you're stitching too.
Love your mermaid! She is stunning :o)
ReplyDeleteOh wow, she is stunning! Not one I thought I wanted to stitch, but now...
ReplyDeleteI can't wait to see her framed.
Stunning, stunning, stunning. She's beautiful and you did a great job. That fabric is perfect. Congrats on the finish!
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