Thursday, April 19, 2012

Growing Octagons

I finished step 15 by doing eight point stars and stitched one in each of three colors on each side, then repeated the thread changes with Rhodes stitches.  The Rhodes stitches are done over three and four for variations.  The threads used are all Bijoux in two strands of 438, 439, and 465.  Again, there will be bling added later in the center octagon.  I then moved out and started step 16 which is more Smyrna Crosses with the 3 ply of Gloriana 066A.

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

two strands of bijoux does not sound like fun, but the piece is so very pretty.

Anonymous said...

Hello

I'm new to your blog.
This piece is absolutely stunning!

You have some beautiful stitching on your blog.

Nana said...

I wonder how big it will be at the end. Pretty as usual.

Nana

NCPat said...

Thanks, and this is being worked on a 20 by 20 canvas.

Cyn said...

Hi Pat,

Just checking in!

I've been reading, just not a lot of time to comment. :-)

All of the projects and recent finishes look great!

Cynthia
Windy Meadow