13 September 2015

Seize the Night

Just finished up a small design that Mr. Wonderful chose. This is "Carpe Noctem" by Elizabeth Spurlock, from the 2015 Just Cross Stitch Halloween Special Collector's Issue. This is a brown conversion stitched on R & R 30 ct. Irish Creme linen. The model in the magazine is stitched in shades of red on a grey sweatshirt, but I wanted a more aged look. The browns I used are DMC: 3371, 938, 898, 801, 433, 434.



Pretty spooky!

8 comments:

  1. Very spooky! I haven't seen the original but I love your colour changes.

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    1. Thanks, Justine. You can see the original here:

      https://www.anniescatalog.com/detail.html?prod_id=125735&cat_id=61

      Click below the picture of the magazine.

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  2. Looks pretty cool--how are you going to finish

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  3. What a super finish! Look forward to see how you finish it up!

    Robin in Virginia

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  4. I'd say you definitely got the look you were going for...great job!

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  5. Ok...what is the translation? Haha. Never heard of that before. D'oh!

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    1. Hi Mardell! It means "seize the night". It's a play on the popular phrase "carpe diem" (seize the day).

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