Koi Quilt Square - completed!

So I decided to carpe diem (see what I did there? Yeaah.) and get this up there.

Terrible photos, but am a bit crap at taking lovely ones of my work, need to get some tips on that.



The head. I like to think he has an expression of consternation - at exactly what, I'm not sure.



The scales were pretty satisfying.



Et voila. Can't wait to see it in situ. Feel so much more confident now that I've been given so much awesome feedback about it! Am secretly devoed that you'll be lying on a beach with a cocktail instead of coming to the showing :)

Would you mind just writing a word or something in the comments? I have commented on your previous post a couple of times, and it's just disappearing, not even previewing. V annoying.

Had a lovely morning, this morning, hope the sun sticks around for a while!

Casxx

ETA: Figured out the comments thing - has to do with third-party cookies. Stupid.

Fodder for your dreams...

Nicked off The Age

I need to do a post showing my finished Quilt Project piece for posterity, so will get onto that.

Casxx

This is fangtastic.

Sookie mug.

Quilt Project! It's coming along!

Am loving myself sick with this. Next step is finding a good french knot tutorial so I can fill it the eye. Would you like to see my journey? OK!


The source! Winter skin alert :)



Omigooness it was a bitch to copy from the photo - because of the convex nature of the tattoo, of course trying to trace from two different flat images was tres difficult. I winged it a lot, and got there in the end.



Broidsing has begun! I did the outline in 3-strand stem stitch, with 2 strand around the eye, and I'm doing back stitch for the scales, using 3 strands for the upper scales and 2 for the lower ones. Have already used a whole skein of thread. Need to get more!



Terrible close-up of the eye. Getting there!

I also put the pics up on the flickr pool, so I hope folks are noice!

Enjoy. Speak soon.

Casxx