Friday, January 9, 2009

tree of life

for my sister cill:



I used cotton perle floss and the chain stitch to fill in the tree & leaves. then felt for the circles & letters. {actually, the letters are that really stiff felt they have at michaels - I don't think I could have cut those out of regular, floppy felt.} I did a little stitching around the edge of the circles to give them more substance and texture. the whole piece is stretched over a wood frame for easy hanging.

i'm so happy with the way all the gifts I made this year came out but this one I was especially satisfied with since it was something different for me style-wise & I tried some new techniques.

have a lovely weekend!
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13 comments:

  1. kristinJanuary 9, 2009 at 6:12 PM

    great piece!! your sister must be very happy.

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  2. AshleyJanuary 9, 2009 at 8:45 PM

    Wowza. This is gorgeous. Must have taken you forever!

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  3. AnonymousJanuary 10, 2009 at 1:14 AM

    Wow, I like that heavy chain stitch a lot -- and the colors are great -- nice work!

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  4. PattyJanuary 10, 2009 at 6:48 AM

    I just saw that stiff felt at Michael's and didn't think I would ever need it but great idea using it for letters. The tree looks great!

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  5. TreasuresofjoyJanuary 10, 2009 at 7:25 AM

    Beyond Beautiful!
    How pretty and I Love the dots.

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  6. bettyninjaJanuary 10, 2009 at 1:51 PM

    This looks great! WHat a creative idea

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  7. BarbaraJanuary 10, 2009 at 3:06 PM

    Beautiful - that is really well-done chain-stitching!

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  8. AnonymousJanuary 10, 2009 at 6:20 PM

    Very cool! I love it!

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  9. AJ BindelJanuary 10, 2009 at 6:54 PM

    Amazing!

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  10. s zuklichJanuary 10, 2009 at 9:57 PM

    beautiful!

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  11. SmitoniusAndSonataJanuary 11, 2009 at 5:14 PM

    What a lovely present ! I especially like the colours you chose .

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  12. ginaJanuary 11, 2009 at 5:29 PM

    thank you so much everyone!

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  13. Gumbo LilyJanuary 12, 2009 at 8:33 PM

    I really like this.
    Lucky Cill.

    Jody

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