Mile High Hi

Been working on a few smaller projects this week including a new nametag gifted to our ANG Chapter and created by Caela Tyler. Using floss and Access Commodities' Accentuate, a variety of fun stitches were used, and a new to me technique using a special ink stamp pad to enhance the shading of the sunset. Fun. I like this concept of using applied color to enhance the design and envision it becoming a regular part of my stitching repertoire. You might consider checking out VersaMark or Brilliance to learn more about these products. Or you can google these trade names to find other resources.

Denver's skyline is featured on the nametag, including an outline of the Rocky Mountains. What could be more fitting for Mile High Chapter? Caela's clever choice of stitches including Nobuko, Alicia Couching, Criss Cross Hungarian, Bullet and Dotted Swiss to name a few, made this little project both fun and educational. Oh, and the Burden stitch. Although this is a basic, laid thread filling stitch, I should have checked out one of my many (and apparently dusty) stitch books demonstrating how to do this stitch. But noooooooooo, I proceeded to stitch without first reviewing and ended up frogging....twice. It was in every sense of the worde the burden stitch. Directions Madonna, always read the directions first.

Happily this only needs to be mounted and finished. Yippee!