I finished it!

The last steps were fairly quick. First I glued the ring to the design piece that I made yesterday and set it to dry.


While that dried, I then shaped first the outside circle against the smaller inner circle of the base and then glued it down and sealed the ends. I then glued the inner circle inside that and you can see the clips holding it.

I glued some black gimp inside around the bottom, just for looks. I then glued some gold gimp around the outside bottom too!Everything is not quite dry, but I set the lid on to show you!

Let's make a round box!

I want to put the Black and Gold piece in the top of a box, but make my own. I know I just got the glue out of my hair and from under my nails, but that is the plan. First, I have two circles of mat board that are the same size and two that are a little smaller. From one of the larger ones, I marked a circle and had DH cut it out on his scroll saw so it would be perfectly even. I then covered it with black brocade material and am waiting for that glue to dry. On the other set I covered each with fabric and then glued them together as this will be the bottom of the box.


I then covered the other smaller circle and glued it along with the cut ring. However, I put a layer of quilt batting on the ring circle so the padding would be on the top of the piece.

I cut the black and gold design a little smaller than the ring circle and cut and glued a piece of gold lame to the smaller ring. Dry, glue, dry!


While waiting for all this glue to dry, I cut the strips for the box sides and then the fabric to cover those. I glued the inside of each piece and am also waiting for that glue to dry.And now, I will go and get as much glue off my hands as I can.

Ready for finishing

I finished the S patterns to fill the opening of the circle. Due to the material and pattern, this piece has movement to it. The depth created by the fibers down to the black which barely shows up causes it to move as you go by it. I will pick up the supplies and hope to finish it this weekend.

So close

I decided to go ahead and finish this piece as several of you really like it. I worked on the last
S strip tonight but did not quite finish it. I still have three more passes to complete the pattern and will finish it tomorrow night!

A different perspective & a giveaway!

I did another pass of black across the top left and then I filled in the last three rows of the largest S tonight. I cut a six inch circle (or sort of-I tried) so you can see the actual design area. This piece is going to be set in a box top so that the movement and depth are visible sitting on a table. Don't you love the new needle minders? The top left one is the one from Madonna and the gold Bada Bling is from Jane! So much fun!

Check out the giveaway: http://threadgatherer.blogspot.com/2010/07/its-giveaway-time.html

Two angles

This is what I finished tonight. I completed the row of #16, then did the #8, and the #4, all in Kreinik 002. I then decided to shoot another picture from another angle so you can see the black that is at the bottom of each pattern . I hope you can see it!
I think the design and the black are what makes this piece seem to have movement.

Moving right along

Today I lightly marked the boundaries of my circle so I would have an idea of where I was going.....hey I need direction.....Anyway, I then added a few more stitches to the top band of the pattern and started the second pass with the #16 Kreinik. So now the top is done and you can see the width it will be. Plus, I added my new Bada Bling magnet to this piece!

Can you see it yet?

This should be looking like a large S, I hope, to you at this point. I finished the top right section in all the bands and added the bottom three. This is Kreinik 002 in size 16, then 8, then 4, DMC fil in 282, Antique Gold and then black. Each uses a single strand and the top right is at the edge of the circle and the bottom left is as well. This is a small design that is intended to fit in a box top. The entire design is worked on the diagonal and counted--sorry, Jane.

Restart

I restarted the Black and the Gold. This is a bargello wave style design. The top row of each curve is worked in Kreinik 16 followed by 8 and then 4. Next is DMC 282, followed by Antique Gold, which is actually a black wrapped in gold. I did not get as far as I thought I would as I ended up pulling out a section of the four again tonight, but not nearly as much as the first start would have to be removed. I have set the previous started piece aside and will eventually pull out of it out, but I was anxious to get going again.

Black and Gold

Since I don't have the black canvas yet, I thought I would show you what I will be working on after I get the canvas. This is a picture of the piece as far as I had gotten when I realized an error in the bargello pattern in the second row at the top! Instead of ripping this all out, I chose to just restart the piece. So maybe next week, I will start over......