The 3 Wise Men's embroidery is as stiff as cardboard. While these are turning out pretty, they really are a bit intense with their layers of stitching and color changes. It's a lot of effort for a wallhanging that will hang a few weeks in the foyer. I'm sure it will give me maximum pleasurable enjoyment when done, right?
The background is composed of large pieced blocks. I'll be appliqueing the figures to it after I machine quilt it. I'm going for a layered effect with the figures being dominant--in color and position.
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I think it's going to be beautiful!
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely lovely!
ReplyDeleteI love the richness of the background fabrics! There will be quite a contrast between the background and your embroidered pictures, but it's going to be gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteDoes the difference in the weight pose any problems with puckering or pulling? If so, how do you compensate so it hangs smoothly?
Maybe that neutral background will be a nice foil for the intensity of the embroideries? The background itself looks very rich so it will go nicely with the satiny embroideries I think.
ReplyDeleteIt will be lovely! I like the the background a lot, too.
ReplyDeleteI vote yay for the background too! The embroideries are really beautiful.
ReplyDeleteThe whole thing is really going to shimmer...
ReplyDeleteI have all of the Nativity embroidery designs from Embroidery Library that you are using, but have been hesitant to use them because of the stitch density. Maybe I'll give them a try.
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