Say "HELLO" to Curly Mopped Raggedy Ann

Usually I treat my followers or first time readers to the finished project.....BUT not this time.   I am so very pleased with the appearance of this iconic little girl that I had to show her off NOW.


This completed creation is titled  Things are Sweeter When Shared With a Friend  aka Raggedy Andy.

The sweet "thing" is the pink stripped lollipop just half shown...any guess as to holds the other licks?

This is MY VIEW of work in progress...one quarter of the otherwise blank and very white aida cloth.  Ever so faintly do you detect the thread line that divides into the working sections?  

Please do continue to view my updates as I floss away every day....especially now in the unrelenting heat wave....were Raggedy Ann for real her fluffy red mop would be plastered to her cherub face...thank you AC inventor :)

PILLOW TALK WITH PEONIES

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This detailed pillow stitch began about a year and a half ago when I promised two fine gentlemen something special for their kitty's sofa space... "please size it so: indicating a  10" x 8" size....AND this flosser aims to please!

         Aiming to please I had to be very creative and "mathematical" by sizing down a  much larger design to the essential most colorful area...challenging YES but accomplished successfully.  To add that one- of -a - kind touch an elegant teacup decorates the bottom left hand corner.

          What did I use as my palate?  It is a placemat....allowing the perfect and natural sectioning.

          Just  love the shades of pink, purple and off whites that became the peonies.  Blending in the sprigs of forsythia were strokes of flossing fun.

         

As I neared the end of my design my thoughts turned to the pillow and finally a trip to the local Hobby Lobby where the finds of cloth and stuffing became reality.

           As I hope to convey most of my "labors of love" take planning, perseverance and lots and lots of xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.   Just a visual way of saying there is and will be a time lapse between blogs as I floss away everyday.

           FYI : any day now I will be receiving a kit of RAGGEDY ANN and ANDY to be a gift for my daughter and her little person loft nook.   In the down time I am stitching a gift for myself - a lap quilt of birds.   Stay read ready for the final results.

          

           

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