The answer to this blog post's subject line question is simple: Petite Very Velvet!
PVV has to be one of my most favorite threads. When stitching with basketweave, and particularly in darker colors, the individual stitches of PVV blend into one another to create a seamless effect that I really like. And the loft of PVV creates a higher profile against the Vineyard Silk Classic background here to make this area of the postcard really look like a banner.
The lower part of the center scene has been worked with Impressions in a Nobuko stitch, one of my favorite stitches. I think of Nobuko as my "Where's Waldo" stitch: you know I'm going to use it somewhere in a project--it's just a matter of where.
The lower frame of the postcard has been started on the right, using Impressions again but this time in a diagonal mosaic stitch. This stitch will be easy to compensate around the flowers in the corner and the date at the bottom of the postcard.
1 comment:
I keep meaning to try the various versions of Nobuko. I seem to always fall back on the basic. I think I'll make myself stitch a sample of the variations so it will encourage me to use them. Love your idea about the Petite Very Velvet.
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