Tuesday, February 1, 2011

Mermaid of Atlantis



The Curse of the Mermaid Continues! I picked this up again this weekend, for what I hoped was the last time, and was stymied again! I ran out of a krenic and decided in my frustration to use one from my stash that was slightly off and then the pattern substitution I wanted to do (a compass for the coat of arms) would not fit in the space I had left. I flailed around a bit and finally settled on a seahorse substitution, but the colors are all off so I think I am going to have to get creative. Once again I have put this cross stitch aside, but hope to return to it soon, all that is left is the corner element and beading. The Maiden

4 comments:

  1. Some day you will just finish this one and never have to look at it again. That will be great.

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  2. I outlined the treasure, and put some more work into the tail and that seams to have appeased me. I have decided to create a "shawdow" seashorse, now the colors are not an issue and I feel like it goes better with the darker theme of the piece.

    A trip to the crosstitch store for some krenick, a day of seahorse, and then I can start beading!

    Once done, I want to look at it often (if I didn't I would have thrown it out by now) as a testiment to my tenancity!

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  3. I have a boat load of krenics. i may have the one you need. What is the number?
    ~Mother

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  4. I already went and bought it, I have absolutely no impulse control! I am finished with the stitching and have begun the backstitching, then it is on to beading! I hate forcing myself to work on it, but I do want a finish so we will see. I did take a night off for Venetian....

    Speaking of impulse control, I just bought a Vanity from 1790!!!! It is amazing and FAR out of my budget, but I have 12 months to pay it off. I fear not many new projects are going to be purchased this year! I thought abuot a stitching lock down, but that just made me want to buy them more!

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