Friday, August 10, 2018

Christmas Heart 2

In Part 1 of my Year 2000 #throwbackthursday, I had an unflattering photo of one of my favorite projects, a needlepoint on canvas Christmas ornament designed by my friend Carol Clarkson Timm.


This beautiful piece uses a variety of stitches including satin stitch, a Rhodes Heart, and a diamond star eyelet. It's stitched with #8 metallic braid, Neon Rays (a wide, flat fiber), Marlitt rayon, and perle coton. The seams are covered with a velvet ribbon.


After the stitching was complete, the canvas was formed around a Styrofoam ball. I display this ornament with some Tamari balls on a special ornament stand each Christmas.


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