Pretty Peacock Cross Stitch ... just wanted to show it off :D

[Guitartists]

A gift for my friend who LOVES Peacocks! It was sposed to be a Christmas present... whoops.... LOL Sometimes projects take me FAR too long to finish

It's really my fault though because once I started adding all the specialty stitches.. I just kept going and going...LOL It started out MUCH more simple

It's meant to be a hybrid of modern and antique style, since she loves antiques but also clean lines.

It looks all cockeyed as I haven't streched it for framing yet

Stitched on tea-dyed linen (28 count?).... mostly standard DMC colors but some varigated threads were used. Don't ask me to name the stitches though..... some I just winged

It'll eventually go into a nice wide antique-style gold frame.

Here's the back...... I like to keep it clean and I would LOVE to learn how to do that reverse stitching that some people can do!

 

[arlee453]

How lovely!!

 

[sweetshoplady]

Very nice job! That's beautifully done. It looks like a stained glass piece.

 

[suenrob]

Beautiful!!!! You have a very lucky friend!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[jaruca]

It is beautiful!

 

[leepsy]

That is really beautiful work. The back certainly shows that you are not new at Cross Stitching. It is lovely.

Beverly

 

[GwenFarms]

Beautiful. I miss cross stitching.

 

[Lunachick]

You did a beautiful job on that! I tried cross stitch, but gave up on it (still have it somewhere).

Now I do needlepoint. Have that somewhere too.

 

[Guitartists]

Thanks everyone

Here's a pic of it framed (after being laced) and here is a pic of another late Christmas gift for my other friend! Better late than never... right?

LOL
I sure hope so!

 

[SpottedCrow]

Very very nice!!!