Stitching and new costume

[ladyofthethread]

Needlework lesson learned this weekend: Don’t cross stitch on perforated paper with four strands of floss and expect to be able to pull a needle with two lengths of silk ribbon through the holes afterwards, even if that’s what the kit directions tell you to do. -_-; I started stitching another pin, similar to the one I posted a picture of the other day. I didn’t recall ever having problems with the Mill Hill kits before so I followed the directions but found it impossible to properly do the ribbon embroidery with so many threads already running through those tiny holes. 4 strands X 4 stitches meeting at an intersection = 16 strands of floss in a 1 mm hole! It was a struggle to pull the needle with the ribbon through and I couldn’t do the French knots properly. It annoyed me since everything had been going smoothly until then and the stitching was close to finished. I have to wonder how the model stitcher managed to do it! (And why they didn’t suggest a change to the number of strands! >_>)

Also, pre-registered for MangaNext over the weekend and should be in Artist’s Alley. I think I’ll make a few new things to help fill the table but mostly, I’m looking to finally sell off the jewelry stuff I already have.

Today, I tried to get some stuff done related to the new costume idea without too much luck. I had wanted to pick up a glove pattern but the store I went to didn’t have it in stock. And it was almost closing time so I didn’t really have time to look for fabric. I did manage to get some metallic fabric paint elsewhere but not all the colors I needed. And bought the volume of manga with the illustration in it. Anyway, this is what I will try to make for MangaNext:

Comments

[sakuralenayuy.livejournal.com]

Best of luck with that.

[jezeroth.livejournal.com]

How are you doing all of the details on that? Are you embroidering all of that craziness??

[ladyofthethread.livejournal.com]

It would be fun to try embroidering or beading a peacock feather pattern sometime but I don't think I'll be doing it on this costume. A month and a half is just too short a time for me to do it well with that method and sewing stuff always tends to take me longer than I expect. ^_^;;

So, I'm planning to paint the feather designs instead and will hopefully learn a bit about that technique along the way. *has not done much fabric painting because she's usually scared of messing up* ^_^;