It’s a beautiful Monday. The grass is green, the birds are singing, the sun is shining and I have a finish.
This hasn’t been washed or ironed so it’s as is, grimy and all.
I tried to take more pictures, but it didn’t quite work out.
There is no cross stitch. There is only Tuna.
The dragon pattern is called Dragon of the Night. The design is by Nadezhda Gavrilenkova and is available from SofiaMBelenko Etsy shop. I liked the pattern particularly because it came with Saga chart. Saga is a cross stitch app a lot of Eastern European and Slavic designers use and I found it really helpful. No more folders with printed out patterns.
Kid 2 has claimed this dragon and now I have a dilemma. Do I frame or do I stick it into an ornamental hoop? Framing under glass would preserve it and keep it dust free, but cross stitch is meant to have texture, otherwise might as well have a print. What do you think? To frame or not to frame?
I’m thinking of trying this one next, after a do a couple of smaller projects.
I turn my cross stitch into cushions.
1. Yaaaayyy for your FO!
2. I vote for erring on the side of caution and frame.
3. Looked at Etsy site. Where do u get fiber and how do u know what colorways to get?
Love Tuna! The dragons are grand and amazingly complex. Brava!
Dust is the enemy … save the cross-stitch color and texture by protecting with glass from dust. Clean glass still shows texture. Dust dulls color and smooths out texture. 1 vote for glass.
p.s. Beautiful!!