Lucky Red Fish

 So as you already know , I was getting mighty fed up with my fishy embroidery . I had  been stitching in poor light and on reflection decided that I didn't like the pink colour .....ugh...horrible salmon pink !

I decided to throw in some bright colour to make it exciting again .....and I pulled out the brightest and cheeriest red that I could find .

I also thought I might throw lots of gold and beads and sparkly things at it ! 

 But along came Christmas and the New Year celebrations and I just had no quiet time to myself ...and usually I carry my embroidery work along with me , everywhere I go , in my basket and to carry all these beads and gold threads was just impossible !

But also in my mind I feel that sewing on beads and gold threads  is , for me , a big cheat . I have not made my mind up yet . 

The red crewel wool however , is just the perfect fireworks ! 

I have just discovered that Red Sea Bream is a lucky fish for the Japanese  and especially for the New Year celebrations . 

I think that red fish are also lucky for the Chinese  . 

                                      🎏🎏  Happy New Year 2025 to you all !  🎏🎏

Thou Shalt Have a Fishy - getting bored with it - what shall I do ? 🦈

I was beginning to get a bit bored with this to be honest . The light in the hotel room was not very good and now that I look at it in day light , it is looking a bit pale and bland . Something needs to be done .

It needs some brighter colours to be thrown in !

.......and maybe ....a little bling !

Maybe ...lots of bling ! 🌿⚓🌿

🦈 My embroidery fish - update ⚓

Thou Shalt Have a Fishy - Red 🦈

 

I haven't done very much more I'm afraid . Been busy sweeping leaves . However I thought I'd give you a little update .

I decided to be bold and go with red !

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🐬Thou Shalt Have a Fishy - choosing colours 🌈🦈

 

                                          Green fish . Grey fish . Red fish  . 

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🐬Thou shalt have a fishy - embroidery with wool ⚓

 

I'm back ! After over a month of not being able to push a needle through cloth , the poorly finger is at last healed .

..and now I really want to get on and finish this little maritime piece  .

Stitching on a remnant of quite a loose weave linen ,with crewel wool , I had originally thought that I would only do the outline and make it rather like a tattoo ; but as I settle back into the relaxing rhythm of mostly simple stem stitch , I'm thinking maybe I will fill it all in after all . 

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🌿 Just quietly stitching 🐬🌿

I am taking a little break , due to getting a teeny tiny thorn in my finger . It is not serious .....just a flipping nuisance !

 Hoping to be back to doing my embroidery again very soon  .

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🐬Flower of the Fal - Top sail Two masted Fruit Schooner ⚓🌿

 

So no flag for the time being . I need to buy some fabric to sash around it and then think about having it framed under glass .  

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⚓The Red Ensign - finished 🐬

 

Finished the embroidery of the Red Ensign sitting in the car waiting while husband was in the hair dressers .

Going to put it aside . I am mulling over a couple of ideas of what to do with it .

I think, looking at this photo , that I need to slightly widen one of the white bands at the top ...but hmm...it might  just be the angle of the camera . The white bands are slightly wider on the right side of each diagonal arm , giving the appearance as if of windmill sails turning in the wind . Probably not the heraldically correct way of describing it , but that is how I always think of it .  

It is a beautiful flag !

Yep , anyway , that was pretty intense fast stitching !  

So next I have started this fearsome fish .  From an 17th century map .

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⚓Red Ensign - more late night embroidery 🐬

 

                        The end is in sight now . Hope I can complete it today . ⚓

⚓The Red Ensign continued 🐬

 

               I stayed up late again last night to finish the Union Jack part of it .

Took it with us and began the large area of red ....now thinking I may not have enough of the red crewel wool .....I will think positive and keep plodding on with it . 

              On and on and on with it .....

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