Look'n Good

I am really liking how this beauty is looking.  Tho I must admit that I've hooked and ripped out and replaced at least one color in each of the swags.  I'd really wanted to use either the grey and white herringbone which spells "Liberty", or wanted to use the cream which is in the stripes in the blanket, they both seemed to pop too much so replaced them.  I'm posting a picture with a flash so you can see a more detailed view, however this is not how bright it looks in person.

Perhaps I could have, should have chosen a different yellow for the stars, either a darker or brighter color, I'm not going to pull those babies out again even tho they are close in value to the background.  And, while I did take out some loops in the swag on the right side it still wants to bulge a little.  Hopefully when I steam the rug I can manipulate it to make it more straight.  For some reason the swags on top didn't  do that.


This is a really fun project Robin, thank you.

Work in Progress

This is what my project looks like now.  As previously mentioned, it is an Americana Thyme design by Robin of Bird in hand Primitives.  This is a shot without a flash.

This is a picture using the flash.    I'm really liking how it is turning out, but see that I need to release some pressure inside the swag on the right side because it  is bulging out too much.  And, now that I'm looking at the pictures better, think that I'll remove the white in the swag and replace it with more blue.  I think that would look better.  Maybe I'll do that now and then update my blog a little later today.

I think the background is working better than I'd originally thought ~ or at least it does in person..... that's my story and I'm sticking to it.