Face Masks

I took a break today and assembled 10 promised face masks.
They're in the wash and will be delivered tomorrow.

Yorklands - Day 18

Spent the whole time on one Juniper bush.
As it was the largest to date I wanted to break up the colour of the foliage. Changing the top thread works but it is labour intensive, so I thought I'd try some variegated thread.

Most of these threads have 3 colours. In this case the light third was not the colour I wanted. I used some of it and tried to steer the lightest colour to the tips but when I couldn't, I stopped the stitching and pulled the 'wrong' colour through the needle to the point in the cycle I wanted. Yes, I discarded a couple of yds of thread but it did tame the offensive colour.

Yorklands - Day 17

There is no hurry so it's probably another week to finish this.

I spent 3 hours on two pieces of green.
It took awhile but I decided that the left side had a tree inside and tight against the stone wall. It's really bushy at the base and spindly near the top.
This was assembled in three pieces.

The second piece was a juniper? below the wall on the right side.
The use of 3 and 4 colours of green is what lifts it from flat.
It needs more... but that's today.

 And yes final cropping may take it all away....We'll see.

Yorklands - Day 16

Today was the day for some housekeeping.
There were a number of things that were beginning to annoy me so I addressed them today.
After I gave the rocks a dark wash a number of them loosened and were in danger of falling off. The answer was to net all the rock, and at the same time I gave them a pass of colour to lift them into a dimension item.
The snow as also lifting and it needed contouring as well. To much folding and carrying from table to machine was causing it to fray. I changed the rocks on the right hand side to reflect more of the derelict condition of the wall. Another covering with net white this time, and a stitching with mono filament.

Truth be told I haven't decided how to continue at this point .....so it was an excuse to do nothing........

Yorklands - Day 15

Very productive day, even if the actual accomplishments seem minor.

First thing, I took some black and brown paint to the rock. Too bright! I tried a few things like netting or cheesecloth to tone them down, but paint seemed the easiest and most direct.

While that was drying I stitched a few 'fringes' of 'trees and shrubs' that I tucked into the very back. It completes the horizon line and then with some shards of cheesecloth glued to the surface and some paint, its done.

Another tree was added, a spindly one with one round of branch stitching.

And then I finished the day with a complete gnarly tree stitched whole as a badge.