That's right! I have a Finish! She's FINALLY Done! I Started Buttercup on November 15, 2012 and Finished her March 24, 2014. So after One Year, Five Months, and Nine Days, here's Enchanted Mermaid, aka Buttercup.
She is stitched on a lighter variation of Moonlit Waters by Under the Sea Fabrics with a variety of silks, delicas and Swarovski crystals. I came up with the conversion myself with a lot of trial and error and frogging and restitching. The conversion is available in a tab at the top of the blog.
And now for some action shots:
First, a close up of her face and skin. I found stitching the over one skin incredibly tedious but every cursed stitch was worth it. I love how multi-dimensional she is. I found an ADORABLE tiny Tanzanite briolette teardrop to use for her earring. I'll try to remember to take a close-up next time I take some pics of her. I used wisper in her stole instead of dmc and I'm still trying to get it to fluff up the way I want it to.
And here is a close-up of all of the beads on her tail. She has a BUNCH!
This is a close shot of the beaded chains around her waist. I wanted to add more dimension so I made the chains instead of stitching them in as the pattern called for.
This mermaid has a lot of memories stitched into it. I worked on her during my husband's deployment, while I was starting my business, and during a move. She is very special to me and I can't wait to get her off to the LNS for framing. We already have mats and frames picked out so now it's just dropping her off.
TTFN!
Leslie
She is stitched on a lighter variation of Moonlit Waters by Under the Sea Fabrics with a variety of silks, delicas and Swarovski crystals. I came up with the conversion myself with a lot of trial and error and frogging and restitching. The conversion is available in a tab at the top of the blog.
And now for some action shots:
First, a close up of her face and skin. I found stitching the over one skin incredibly tedious but every cursed stitch was worth it. I love how multi-dimensional she is. I found an ADORABLE tiny Tanzanite briolette teardrop to use for her earring. I'll try to remember to take a close-up next time I take some pics of her. I used wisper in her stole instead of dmc and I'm still trying to get it to fluff up the way I want it to.
And here is a close-up of all of the beads on her tail. She has a BUNCH!
This is a close shot of the beaded chains around her waist. I wanted to add more dimension so I made the chains instead of stitching them in as the pattern called for.
This mermaid has a lot of memories stitched into it. I worked on her during my husband's deployment, while I was starting my business, and during a move. She is very special to me and I can't wait to get her off to the LNS for framing. We already have mats and frames picked out so now it's just dropping her off.
TTFN!
Leslie
