Happy Birthday Boo!

Happy Birthday to my sister.....the great orange frame is perfect....black silver sparkled ribbon next to the canvas.  

And done!

I finished stitching the second Boo!  I have to find a frame for this.  This is the second one that I stitched as my sister had started it but did not have time to finish, so I did.

Boo!

Boo! is a counted canvas design by Nancy Cucci and was published in the November 2007 issue of Needle Pointers.  I stitched this piece in 2012 for myself.  My finished piece is here on the blog.  Look on the right side to see it finished if you can't wait!  My sister wanted to learn to do this and she started this piece.  She had the black outline done for the B,  the first O,  and part of the third 0.  I am going to finish this for her as she loves Halloween.  I have stitched the designs in fluorescent Kreinik and am ready to start the border.

Boo is Framed

Boo is all framed!  I had a vintage frame in my stash, and had DH spray paint it black!  I then fit the canvas into it and added a black fringed orange ribbon for the hanger!

Boo! is done

 Here is the photo in regular light so you can see the orange and purple borders.  Below is the photo that the glow in the dark threads show up--in the words anyway!

Decisions.

So I finished the exclamation point stitches and then the directions call for decisions.  I decided to go ahead and outline the entire word and fill in the centers of the B and the O's with 052F Kreinik so those areas glows in the dark!  Next I have started the ribbon border.  The directions call for 1/16 ribbon and of course I have 1/8 but am using it anyway to frame the design area.

I had to!

This piece is so darn cute and stitches so quickly!  I had to go ahead and finish the B after I had started and finished the first O.  Then I did the third O!  The second one is done in Milanese Stitch minus one and the second O is worked in Criss Cross Hungarian.  Too cute!

Intro to Boo!

I know Halloween is over, but....my sister wants to learn how to stitch this design.  She used to cross stitch so I knew she would be able to handle it on needlepoint canvas.  Boo is by Nancy Cucci and was published in the November 2007 issue of Needlepointers.  It is worked on a 9 x 11 square of black 18 count.  It called for floss, but I am working it all in Kreinik so it will shine!  Black for the outline and 032 for the iridescent white.  I am going to do some of the stitches in each section so she can see where and how.