I just picked up some finishing today. These two pieces had been in my finished but not "finished" box for quite some time when I finally took them in for framing. After spending so much just to complete a piece, it just kills me to spend hundreds on framing, but I really don't need any more pillows and these were two big pieces. So I just bit the bullet and did it.
This was my ANG Chapter challenge piece last year. I finished it to complete the challenge but then it languished in the box under my bed.
Here's a close-up of the frame. Love the faux worm holes. By the way, it's laying on my dining room table. Notice the trend here?
Here's the next piece, not an expensive canvas, but I loved it.
A green frame this time. Stitched entirely with perle cotton. Not my favorite thread to stitch with, but this was a 13 or 14 count canvas and I wanted good coverage. Also, I wasn't sure if I was going to make it into a pillow or frame it when I started it so wanted a thread that would hold up. I have a companion piece to this in a blue watering can, if I'm not mistaken, so I better find it in my stash and get busy on it while I can still get this same frame.
Oh and I finally set up a Facebook account, just so I could join the needlepoint group. You'd think I didn't know how to turn on a computer, but I primarily use Word and Excel at work, so social media is not in my experience level. I'm trying to enter the 21st century.
Just 5 working days til school is out and I will be off work for two weeks. Woo Hoo. Stitching projects, I can't wait to see you again!
Sandy