I’ve finally finished my Canvaswork Dragon! (Except for some beads for the corners of the corner squares.)
Canvaswork Dragon, designed by Jennifer Aikman-Smith of Dragon Dreams
I am very, very pleased with how he turned out, especially since I picked most of the fibres and colours myself. But I’m still not totally sure about the colour inside the wings…
Canvaswork Dragon – eye
I used DMC Perle Cotton #3, Flair, Arctic Rays, Watercolours, DMC Satin, Vineyard Classic Silk, and a couple of other fibres. And it was just so fun to play around with fibres that I’ve never used before. (I’m not looking forward to using Flair again, though…)
Canvaswork Dragon – wing and claw
Using a bunch of different stitches was fun too. I used Upright Cross in the eyes, Hungarian stitch for the body of the dragon, Florentine in the border, and a bunch of other stitches all over the place. I even picked out stitch that I didn’t think worked. That was a really big step for me, since I really hate taking out any of my work.
I can’t wait to do more canvaswork. 😀