I am back with part two of my seafood kitchen towel project. You may remember in part one I had hemmed the towel, transferred my seafood motif and selected my color palette.
I started stitching the swirly background ribbon - you can see in this close up that I used a Whipped Blanket Stitch. I closed the open edge of this stitch with the Back Stitch. I love the blue/green color variation of the perle cotton floss!
Also in this close up - you can see the lilac colored scallop shell. It is outlined in Stem Stitch and the ribs are done with Double Knot Stitch:
For the star fish, I am using the Blanket Stitch all the way around:
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2 comments:
Hi Kim,
First off, let me say that I do not have your gift of choosing colors. My Mom has it, but it did not filter down to me. So, when I saw the colors you had chosen for this project, I just could not see how they could "match".
But I see now that they look absolutely beautiful together! You did a wonderful job of choosing colors and I love the texture of the stitches. They add so much to the look of the project. Great job!
Darlene
Hi Darlene - Thank you! My mom is the same with color - she puts together beautiful palettes! She can remember color tones and can accurately match them later. I also used my color wheel for this palette. I started with that lilac and the triad for that color is lilac/violet - pink/orange - yellow/green. When I do my final post on this project, I plan on showing my color wheel with the floss I chose.
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