Tuesday, December 13, 2011

Christmas tree!

I am stitching up a Christmas tree featuring some metallic floss ornaments:


I love the look of this metallic floss!  The tree is stitched in regular six strand cotton floss, the bow and planter are stitched in satin floss:


These are non-traditional Christmas colors but I think they are really festive and pretty!  Here are the dmc numbers of the floss I used.


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11 comments:

  1. FarahDecember 13, 2011 at 9:37 PM

    So cute Kim I specially love the vibrant colour you used... they are fantastic...
    Happy if you come to see me at
    http://craftaworld.blogspot.com/
    with love from
    Farah

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  2. NinuDecember 13, 2011 at 10:47 PM

    this looks so gorgeous! simplicity at its best!

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  3. UnknownDecember 14, 2011 at 3:00 AM

    I love this unique palette! Looks stunning! Congrats, Kim!

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  4. UnknownDecember 14, 2011 at 3:54 AM

    I've had a terrible time using that metallic floss. It becomes a tangled mess almost instantly! I would really appreciate any tips you can give me, because I think it would give certain projects (like this one) great "pop."

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  5. SparklyjoolsDecember 14, 2011 at 10:41 AM

    That's so pretty, and such gorgeous threads!

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  6. DignaDecember 14, 2011 at 12:01 PM

    So cute, Kim. Very nice.
    Regards,

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  7. KimDecember 15, 2011 at 9:25 AM

    Hi Farah - Thank you!
    Ninu- Thank you!
    Simone - Thanks! I am just loving these colors too!
    Kwilt Noob - The only tips I have come up with are: making sure you use fairly short lenghts of floss because all the going back and forth through the fabric seems to shred the metallic finish off of some of the threads; - and handle the floss as little as possible...try not to take stitches out and re-stitch (something I am always doing if I don't think my stitching looks even!) It is a nightmare to work with but so worth it!
    Jules - Thank you - I love the look of metallic threads - especially for Christmas projects :)Thanks Digna!

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  8. StaciDecember 15, 2011 at 3:49 PM

    This is so cute! Love the sparkle from the metallic floss.

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  9. Archie The Wonder DogDecember 16, 2011 at 1:31 PM

    Love the tree and the metallic threads really add sparkle!

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  10. Denise :)December 16, 2011 at 4:47 PM

    I love these colors!!! And though I'm not, it reminds me of Elvis's blue, blue Christmas! :)

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  11. KimDecember 21, 2011 at 8:57 AM

    Thank you all!

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