New Designs - Storm At Sea & Tempest

I did these back in April. I don't know why it's taken me so long to post them.

First, I did a cross stitch interpretation of the traditional Storm At Sea quilt pattern with the usual stormy blues and greys.

Storm At Sea - computer simulation

Then I started playing with the colors.

Tempest - computer simulation

Weekly Update - Cell Phone Cozy, Bright Feathers, & Coasters

I got a cell phone this past week, so naturally I had to crochet a cozy for it. It took me about an hour.

I made a little progress on Bright Feathers.

I finished the Glove coaster.

I got the quilting done on the Ringo coaster.

And I basted the George coaster together.

New Design - Web

Web - computer simulation

I'm not sure what type of embroidery to call this. I've looked everywhere and can't find anything that looks like it. It's counted, so it's not crewelwork. It's too complex to be blackwork. It's too open to be needlepoint, plus I plan to stitch it on evenweave fabric, not canvas. If anyone's seen anything that resembles this, please let me know.

All the stitches are straight stitches. Any curves you think you may see are an optical illusion. It looks like it will be interesting to stitch.

New Design - Tessellation

Yes, I do like bright colors and geometric designs.

Tessellation - computer simulation

New Design - Crosses

Here’s a blackwork design that I did back in April. I’m not sure why it’s taken me so long to post it.

Crosses - Computer Simulation

You should be able to see squares and diagonal lines between the crosses. This can also be viewed like a stereogram: cross or unfocus your eyes slightly until you see a 3D effect.  It might help to open the image in a new tab or window.

New Design - Diamond Jewels

I was reading today’s Girl Genius, and part of the background inspired me to create this design.

 Diamond Jewels - Computer Simulation

New Design - Flowing Water

If you stare at this one for a while, the blue lines will start to resemble flowing water. And you may get a headache. Consider yourself forewarned.



 Flowing Water - computer simulation

New Design - Hyper Dots

Whew! What a crazy day! Everything was happening at once, plus I got a design idea this morning and felt the need to implement it right away. Btw, if anyone has any good ideas for something to jot notes down on in the shower I’d love to hear them. ;-)

Anyway, I wondered what would happen if I inverted Checkerboard Dots in on itself. Here’s the result.  As always, the image will be larger if opened in a new tab or window.

Hyper Dots - Computer Simulation

I swear that all the lines in the checkerboard are straight, and there’s no actual movement – this image isn’t animated! ;-)

New Design - Bright Feathers

As promised, here’s a new cross stitch design. It’s based on the traditional Feathered Star quilt design. I plan to stitch it on black fabric.

Bright Feathers - computer simulation

There’s more to come in the next few days. :-)

New Design - Checkerboard Dots

I actually designed this on 2/22/2011 and started stitching it on 2/23/2011. This is my very first cross stitch design.

Checkerboard Dots -- computer simulation

I was inspired to do this by an optical illusion that I saw online. All the lines in the checkerboard are actually straight – it’s the placement of the dots that creates the illusion of curved lines and the 3D effect.