Iris
Some needlepoint with some cool texture for your viewing pleasure.
I’m particularly fond of the framing job on this picture. (I know, it’s hard to see.) We had brought it to a framing store and played with different mats and frames to find just the right combination. I loved the marbled-purplish mat, and the girl helping kept trying to get me to do something else. Then she reached up and picked up this garish, gilded, frame that I would never have picked in a million years. I was already making a face and thinking, “Ew!” when she put it next to the marbled mat and … perfect. The two of them worked wonderfully together and were the perfect complement to the texture and colors of the picture.
You probably wouldn’t really want to go to a framing store with me, because it takes me forever to find the right combinations, but really, after all the work making the pictures, they deserve the perfect frame! (grin)
Hmm. I sense a photo-series coming on….
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I remember that needlepoint design. I also had no idea you did that type of needlework.
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The irises are gorgeous!
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I don’t really do needlepoint very often. (As in, I think this is the only one I ever actually finished.) But I loved the design and I really loved all the different stitches. Embroidered lace, what’s not to love?
That is absolutely beautiful and the frame really compliments the stitching
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Irises are my favorite flower and your work is absolutely gorgeous! Is that cross-stich or something else? Also, what is the background fabric you used - or did you make that whole design as well? If you can tell me, I would love to know what pattern you used. I used to do cross-stitch and just haven’t taken the time to fit it in lately. But that pattern calls to me. Excellent work!
Meghan