Wednesday, July 6, 2011

TW's Tracery Dragon's Progress



Now that it is actually beginning to look something like the model photo, I feel comfortable in posting a progress photo. TW designs depend heavily on back-stitching. Compare the back-stitched rose at lower center with the un-back-stitched rose on the upper left and you'll see what I mean. The one not yet back-stitched looks rather messy with all those quarter stitches going every which way, exposing the background fabric. Even so, I'll be waiting till I complete page two of the chart before I do any more back-stitching ... it has to be done in a specific order to define the design properly.

3 comments:

Terry said...

Very pretty and a job well done

Jo who can't think of a clever nickname said...

This is so beautiful! I'm glad you're stitching it so I can enjoy watching it grow without having to stitch it myself!

Shelleen said...

Looks great so far.