Paisley!
I worked on a paisley this weekend and was surprised how little time it actually took. Usually on the weekends I don't even pick up a needle. I took the outline of the paisley from Carole Samples Treasury of Crazy Quilt Stitches. The outline is pearl cotton size 8 and then for the remaining I used pearl cotton size 12. Thanks to Jo in NZ for the tutorial on the paisleys. I really had fun doing them and I see more in the future. =)
Wow - that paisley is gorgeous. I went to your link also and Jo's paisleys are wonderful. Looks like fun to do too.
ReplyDeleteLillian, this looks great!! Love the colours. They don't take long do they.
ReplyDeleteI see alot of these in my future to. I think they would great to add to swaps as an extra.
I did start with only the outline and stitched freehand. It was surprising how fast it took to stitch.
ReplyDeleteAnd you did this all by hand? You are amazing!
ReplyDeleteApril,
ReplyDeleteif you knew how easy they were you would be surprised!
This one is beautiful - love those colors. I seem to have run across paisleys a lot today - found a tutorial in an older newsletter today, too, with some templates.
ReplyDeleteLillian, since you are a noreply address on your note to me, I did post the link on my CQ blog just now - I just edited the old entry about the peacocks. =)
ReplyDeleteThis is so pretty! I've got to bookmark that tutorial...
ReplyDeleteWhat a pretty design, Lillian. You do such great work. I noticed that paisley in CS's book, but haven't tried it yet... If it's that addictive maybe I'd better not :-).
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