I am in love... with Halloween Hooter Owl.
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| Halloween Hooter Owl Tapestry Fair • #833 Stitch Guide from Tapestry Fair |
He is from Tapestry Fair • #833, and was designed & stitched by Peggi Hageman/owner of Tapestry Fair, Phoenix, AZ.
A few months ago, Peggi gave me another charting assignment: to chart her diagrams and stitches used in Halloween Hooter Owl. What an honor.
First, let's set the scene. Halloween Hooter Owl is a 3-D canvas, and is on 18 mesh. He stands about 10" tall. He is a multiple-canvas project as there is a Head, Front Body, Back Body, Right Wing, Left Wing, and two Feet to be stitched. 11 canvas pieces in total.
The Halloween Hooter Owl canvas comes with Stitch Guide. He would make a great Club or stitching series, don't you think?
Peggi has written a lovely stitch guide. She sent her stitch drawings, and I charted them in the computer.
For example: this is what I was given (love to see original art from artists)...
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| Wound Spider drawn by Peggi Hageman/Tapestry Fair Halloween Hooter Owl stitch guide |
... and this is my charted interpretation for the Stitch Guide.
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| Wound Spider charted by Robin King from Halloween Hooter Owl stitch guide Tapestry Fair, Phoenix, Arizona |
Oh, the things I learned!
Peggi's stitch selections are the best. Because Halloween Hooter is an Owl, she gave wonderful "feather stitches" looking straight on to the viewer, diagonal, and oblique; right side and left side, too... just as feathers would in real life. So valuable.
So, what if you are saying... I love the 3-D Owl, but I'm not too crazy about Halloween? Picking myself up off the floor as I typed that sentence... not to worry, Peggi has thought about that, too.
Tapestry Fair has a non-Hallowen 3-D Hooter Owl version with only the feathers painted, leaving the rest of the designs up to the stitcher -- can be filled in with school logos, holiday graphics or just different stitches.
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| Owl for All Seasons Tapestry Fair • #834 |
His name and number is Owl for All Seasons #834. Again, on 18 mesh and 10" tall.
You can order your favorite version of this cute Owl from your Favorite Needlepoint Shop.
Thanks, also to Carolyn Hedge Baird who took photos of Halloween Hooter Owl while at the TNNA Long Beach Market. I really appreciate you being everywhere I wasn't able to be.
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| Halloween Hooter Owl - front side Tapestry Fair • #833 Photo by Carolyn Hedge Baird |
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| Halloween Hooter Owl - back side and right wing Tapestry Fair • #833 Photo by Carolyn Hedge Baird |
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| Halloween Hooter Owl - back side and left wing Tapestry Fair • #833 Photo by Carolyn Hedge Baird |
Well... that's it for now. Until the next time... Hugs, Robin
