Time to get cracking! The inchies arrived at my house last night, hand-delivered by Becky. The skating monkey looks fabulous and Oolie's heart is beautiful!
Almost finished my practice inchie, not going to let those pesky french knots get the better of me...
A big thanks to Oolie for the tips on using a knot to anchor the thread at the start and to take note of thread lengths used - I've never done embroidery before, so it was good to hear these before I started.
THEY ARE LOOKING LIKE MIGHTY FINE FRENCH KNOTS TO ME SAM! I SPENT ALL LAST WEEKEND NOT BEING ABLE TO DO THEM AND OOLIE AND TAYLOR HAVE PROMISED ME TIPS. IM ALREADY LOVING THE LITTLE RAINBOW FRAME!
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Looking good there Sam!! The nerves are setting in!! C xx
ReplyDeleteOh Sam! I am already in love with your lovely french knots!
ReplyDeleteIt looks like you have done embroidery your entire life. I know that Oolie has gotten quite good at her french knots with LOTS of practice. It is good that she had some sound advice to give you....looks like it worked!
I can hardly wait to see the final product. I love the buzz around the whole thing - yippee...YIPPEE!!!!!
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Oh Sammy- I have been checking the blog for days to get even a hint of your design....and WOW!!!!!! Your rainbow outline of those "pesky Fr. Knots" is just lovely!!!!!!! Well worth the wait! I am so happy that any small hints I shared may be useful. Have fun...enjoy the process!
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