Sneak Peek

New Design!

 It's been very busy lately. Like I mentioned in an earlier post, I want to start another series. So I did!

 This new series has four designs, all smalls. I plan on releasing them all at once. In other words, you will buy all four designs in one listing. The theme is the four Cardinal Virtues, Prudence, Justice, Fortitude and Temperance.

 Although they are not available yet, I decided to share a behind the scenes picture with you of the first design ( Prudence ).

 Here it is:

The Cardinal Virtues- Prudence

 I think my cardinal has character. Do you like the play on words? This one is a bit different from the other designs I'm working on right now. Much less use of negative space than the Alphabet series. But there is still negative space for his wing!

 When I was watching Liz & Deb on their Country Stitchers Flosstube they mentioned a method they learned from a designer once. Unfortunately, I don't recall that designers name. Anyways, this designer said that you could get a nice effect with variegated floss if instead of stitching a complete cross stitch for each stitch, you make a whole row stitching one leg of the cross and then going back and stitching the other leg of the cross stitch before moving onto your next row. So I tried it on my Linen & Threads Mystery Sampler first and it turned out really well! I have also used it on Prudence. I really like the effect. What do you think?

 I am stitching on Justice right now and when I finish it, I'll be sure to post about it!

 Happy Stitching!

 Marisol