Wednesday, 2 March 2016

Take Two

The Monthly Challenge, restitched, on pre-stained fabric, without the colour runs. 
The chart is from Pineberry Lane and can be found here
Finished in a deliberately primitive style (I can do blanket stitch neater than that, honest), with tea stained lace, a twine bow and a rusty bell

Mind you, the final placement of one of the tea stains is a bit dubious


Rudolf!
 I nearly trod in that! I ought to rub your stupid red nose in it!

24 comments:

  1. Amy2 March 2016 at 05:28

    Very cute!

    LOL at poor Rudolph :D

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  2. Vickie2 March 2016 at 05:39

    ha ha! Looks great.

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  3. Chocolates4Breakfast (Terri Malinovich)2 March 2016 at 05:54

    LOL! Funny and cute. Really cute - the finish is perfect!

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  4. Suz2 March 2016 at 06:25

    That is super cute - I think your finishing is fantastic for this piece.

    I literally laughed out loud when I read your Rudolph comment. Well done!

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  5. Barb2 March 2016 at 06:29

    He even has his hands on his hips? Christine, I love how you have finished it .Did he have proof it was Rudolf ,it could have been anyone of the other 6.
    Lol
    hUGS

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  6. Brigitte2 March 2016 at 08:00

    It's so much safer to stitch on pre.stained fabric. Your finishing is just gorgeous. I was doing this sewing on years ago and had forgotten about this way of finishing. I have to remember it when my finishing mojo comes back.

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  7. Kerryp772 March 2016 at 08:28

    Me laughing at your comment actually made my kids look up from their tablets! It looks really lovely aged like that.

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  8. cucki2 March 2016 at 08:51

    Aww he is so cute :)

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  9. Vonna Pfeiffer2 March 2016 at 09:29

    a delightful finish!

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  10. Unknown2 March 2016 at 10:37

    Love it and well done on having another go. Love your little joke about the tea bag stain. :)

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  11. Clare-Aimetu2 March 2016 at 11:06

    Beautiful work Christine :-)

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  12. Cindy's Stitching2 March 2016 at 11:10

    still very pretty. no one but you will notice.

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  13. Bea2 March 2016 at 12:04

    The finished pillow is lovely and your comment made me giggle. Well done!

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  14. Preeti2 March 2016 at 22:45

    You stitched again so quickly! It's looking very nice :) I guess even the earlier one was good, why can't tea spill on thread area and cause color bleed, why should it only stain the fabric area? I would have hung on to whatever happened with that excuse for stitching only once;)
    You are a perfectionist!! No one will notice the dubious placement of stain until you mention.

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  15. The Knitting Cross Stitcher2 March 2016 at 22:57

    Lovely finish..naughty Rudolph:)

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  16. Wendy2 March 2016 at 23:30

    Hahahaha that really made me laugh!

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  17. Mary - Lecoeurceltique3 March 2016 at 01:48

    A lovely finish, Christine.

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  18. Carol3 March 2016 at 06:38

    Ha ha!! I just love this, Christine--that naughty Rudolf!! But, seriously, your finish is just so sweet and perfect for this prim piece :)

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  19. Julie3 March 2016 at 08:40

    LOL, version two does look much better, finished to delightfully too.
    Roll on next month!

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  20. Angela3 March 2016 at 16:41

    Lovely finish!

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  21. Jo who can't think of a clever nickname4 March 2016 at 12:14

    Poopy Santa!
    Nice prim finish.

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  22. rosey1756 March 2016 at 06:19

    Well better Rudolph than Santa himself LOL. Congrats on your re-finish.

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  23. Stitching Noni9 March 2016 at 19:42

    Gorgeous finish :o)

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  24. Sheryl25 March 2016 at 05:32

    pretty stitching, I like the green fabric.

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