As I am nearing the bottom of the tapestry, some of the thread colors are running out, as to be expected--as long as I don't completely run out. But I did run out of one of the yellows. My stitches are done in one of the recommended techniques (continental) and I think I'm fairly conservative in the use of thread. There was almost enough thread, but just barely not. Oh, well.
Of course, I can contact the company and order some more thread but they are in England and I don't want to wait for just a small area so I decided "to make it work". A picture of the affected Irises is below. Each Iris is supposed to be two-tone only, cream and pale yellow. The pale yellow is what ran out while I was stitching the bottom Iris. So I decided to use some gold wool to add shading to the blossom in two places. It works really well in one place because it's obviously the underside of the petal, and it works OK on the other petal. I hope the gold isn't too dark. When I've finished the whole thing I'll see what's left, thread wise, and decide whether or not the gold distracts. I think it will be OK.
It does mean this one flower is not in the same flat style as the others, but it's not too obvious and it's a big tapestry so I suspect it will go unnoticed. Truth be told, I like the shading.
Top Iris is all cream and yellow, bottom right Iris should be the same but you can see my use of gold to add shading:
Yes, I think it's an OK solution.
Marion at Marion's World visited The Red Dress, a 14-year international collaborative embroidery project. It's spectacular! It is scheduled to come to North America next year I think, and I'm going to see if it will be anywhere near me. I'd love to see it in person. Extraordinary!
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