Wednesday, July 1, 2009

Subversive Sampler

Project: Subversive Sampler
Started: 28.06.09
Finished: 30.06.09

Design: Short and Sweet by Maria Diaz (from Cross Stitcher Magazine April 2009)
Materials: 28-count Jobelan in grey, various DMC flosses, Gutermann seed beads in cream

As a fan of samplers anyway, I couldn’t resist this modern twist on a traditional design – the subversive sampler! I changed the colour scheme slightly from the magazine recommendations, using flosses that I had to hand and that complemented each other and the fabric well, and added a few cream seed beads in the border. The idea was to make it look pretty and delicate till you realise the lettering spells “Bothered”, which makes it a little punchier. I think this one might go on my desk at work as my colleagues have a sense of humour and I return to work after ten months of maternity leave in another two weeks!

4 comments:

wendy said...

love it!

Linda said...

So appropriate. Gorgeous colours too.

rkdsign88 said...

Beautiful work, and lovely colors combination.

Kell said...

Thank you - I think I'm going to give it to one of my colleagues as I have plans to make another one for myself of my own design reading "Go Away!" in lots of different languages. LOL!

 
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