Originally posted 2008-11-03 15:57:41. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
Judy Harper has published another delightful Four-way Bargello ornament on her FREEIBIES, Etc. blog.
I love this style of ornament. It’s very similar to the Four-way ornament I did of hers last year and blogged about here.
The finished ornament is stitched in traditional Christmas colors, but look through the post, the one in progress is stitched in a pretty combination of pink and violet.
Here’s how to change the colors: This design uses four shades in various threads. You have
- a neutral background color – white here
- a metallic accent – gold
- the main color – red, two threads
- the accent color – green
Let’s do a color based on an overdye. Use that as your accent thread. Most overdyes have an main color and 1-3 accents. Pick the one of them you like best as your main color. Then lighten or darken it a bit to pick your two threads. By changing the value you will prevent your main thread from “melting” into the overdye.
The other two threads are pretty easy to pick. To give the ornament sparkle and snap, your metallic should be one of the traditional metal colors. Think about it like jewelry, would a dress this color look better with gold or silver, or maybe copper, bronze, or gunmetal? Pick the color accordingly.
The background is almost as easy. Most color schemes go well with either white or cream. Pick the one which sets off the other stitches best.
Now wasn’t that easy?
I think I’m running off to raid my Watercolours stash to make a few of these!
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