crewel

[elizabeth_mn]

Yesterday I picked up the small crewel piece I started a few weeks ago.  I filled in the stems and leaves and thought I'd take a photo.



The stems are two rows of stem stitch.

Two stitches here were new to me: soft shading (or 'long and short') for the flower, and fly stitch for the leaves,  But this was the point of the project: I wanted to do something small so I could learn some new stitches, but end up with a completed piece (not a sampler).

I like the vein in the middle of the fly stitch leaves.  I think mine got a little warbly, but it looks okay.

I like the flower but I wish the shading was more dramatic.  I used really close shades because I worried they wouldn't blend, but maybe they are too close.

Anyway, I want to finish the two smaller flowers today so I can block it, then frame it.