In the last few days, I've made considerable progress on the Seul Choix Point lighthouse--the buildings are all finished!
The bright red lighthouse tower was worked in satin stitch with DMC floss #349, with trim added in either tent or gobelin stitch over two threads with DMC floss #367 (green) and #738 (tan). Windows for the tower as well as the keeper's house used DMC floss #318 in either mosaic stitch or gobelin stitch. To imitate the look of limestone blocks for the tower's foundation, I used DMC #5 perle cotton in a Scotch stitch variation.
On to the enclosed corridor between the tower and house! Here I used DMC floss #817, a slightly darker red, in satin stitches for both the roof and the side, with DMC #5 perle cotton #436 for the foundation.
The roof of the keeper's house was worked in slanted gobelin stitches over two threads with DMC floss #349, with white DMC floss for the trim. Then it was time to stitch the three black rectangles, which on the painted canvas look like windows but are actually screens fronting a deep porch. Out with the doodle canvas! Using an alternating basketweave, I auditioned several shades of gray/brown floss, finally using DMC #645 and 647 to get the look I wanted. The foundation of the porch was worked in a Scotch stitch variation with DMC floss #414 and 543.
All that remains are the trees and the grass, which I'll finish up over the weekend!
1 comment:
I really like this one - colorful and lively. Those screens look like real ones!
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