Crayon Tinting

I read a great tutorial about crayon tinting at Urban Threads.  I decided to try it out for The Fairy, my current work in progress.  I believe she is in the Craft Pad by Jenny Hart.

It's easy.  Go on!  Try it out for yourself.  All you need is your fabric with a pattern, crayons, a couple sheets of paper, and an iron.

The stitching is in progress at the moment.  I've found that I like more contrast in the colors of the tinting and stitching.  So for instance, the dark green shoes are lined with dark purple, instead of forest green.  It just gives it that something extra special.

In the mean time, I've got a couple of birthdays, a visit from my baby niece, and Easter coming up around the corner.  I've got lots of things cooking, so check back.

Two WIPS down!

Two WIPS down!  Many more to come.

I've got some plans floating around in my brain - too many to mention.  But here are a couple of finished Works In Progress.

The Eyes from Jenny Hart's Sublime Stitching.

This is the very first transfer I ever did after the Samplers.  Isn't she beautiful?!  I love her!  I'm stunned by her beauty every single time.  I knew the moment that I saw the eyes in the Sublime Stitching book that I wanted to do this one.

She was a toughie.  It may have been a mistake to start with such a realistic pattern.  One false stitch and it's clearly not right.  I tore out the stitches in her eyes more than a few times.  I finally just had to forge ahead because I was liable to end up with just one a couple of large holes where the eyes should have been.

I started with the lips, then eyebrows.  The eyebrows are a mix of two different shades of brown.  I tried a seed stitch in the brow, but it looked ridiculous, so I ripped that out too.  I was beginning to wonder if I'd ever finish anything. 

Next, I began the black satin stitch of the eye.  I set it aside when I didn't have the white floss to continue.


I'm so glad that I did.  See how much that little bit adds?  While at the craft store for white floss, I picked up flesh tone for the eyelids and more greens. Next was the green of the eye, the iris. I used four different shades of green to make up the satin stitch and it turned out much better than I expected.  I finished it up with a few scalloped chain-like stitches for the eye lashes. and a split stitching of black eyeliner.

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The Fan Dancer from Jenny Hart's Emroidered Effects.

I like her very much, too.  In fact, I may like her slightly better than the eyes in person.  She fun and kitchy and I'm quite pleased with how she turned out.

The feathers stitched up in a breeze.  I redid her hair several times.  I need just the right mix of black, purple and dark brown to satisfy my creative yearnings.  I used a stem stitch for her hair.  It was tricky to get used to, and I ended up back peddling quite frequently.

I was scared stiff to do her face.  One misplaced stitch, and it wasn't so attractive.  I redid this over and over, as well.  The transfer was very light in some places - especially her eyes and lips.  Very important to getting her expression across!  It turned out, though.  I really love the way her lips appear pouty and botox-infused up close.

I'm quite thrilled with the sequins and french knots at the eye of the feather that mimics a peacock feather quite nicely in person.  I used on strand each of the electric blue, turquoise, purple, and fuchsia in the feather with a iridescent sequins to back it.

Hello Darling wits done with a back stitch in a pinkish-red that compliments the raspberry walls of our kitchen.  It's a bit rough, but looks, well - darling from a distance.