Showing posts with label UFOs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label UFOs. Show all posts

Thursday, March 13, 2008

Crane UFO

This is a UFO done in satin stitch on silk cloth. The design is a Chinese traditional one from Dover Publications. I don't know whether I'm going to make it into a pillow or applique it onto a jacket.

I like origami, Hiroshige's Tokkkaido, haiku, and my Omiyage book by Kumiko Sudo. I like Japanese and Chinese landscape and nature scenes, whether in paintings or on fabric. I like the asymmetrical design concept. Cranes are my #1 favorite motif!

Tuesday, March 11, 2008

Rose UFO

This is a design (by Stephen Hawkins?) from Cross Stitch and Country Crafts magazine (defunct). It's DMC floss on grey Aida. I started stitching it as a present, but that was ages ago.

Herbal UFO

This is an herbal UFO from many years back. It is a design from a Dover Publications book (possibly Gerda Bengtsson). It's DMC floss on Lugana cloth. I think the cross stitch is finished; I need to frame it.

Friday, March 7, 2008

Two UFOs

This is a sampler that I started about ten years ago. Unfortunately, it didn't get finished because I stitched it over one thread, I think. I think it is Hardanger cloth (it's not Aida).
This was an initial that I started ages ago. It's on Aida that has gold threads in it. I didn't realize how many UFOs I had until this week, when I looked through everything in my cedar chest.