First, before I get to this week's design, I am so pleased about the recent successes of my friend Cherri with her quilts in several large competitions. I drew and digitised some of the designs that she used, but they would have been nothing without her artistry. You can see her work here:
http://thecherritree.blogspot.com/2017/12/bella-windows-peeks-of-nature.html
http://thecherritree.blogspot.com/2017/08/quilt-competition-update.html
http://thecherritree.blogspot.com/2017/10/blue-plate-special-i-am-artisan-quilt.html
OK, back to unembellished embroidery. Now this is a very strange one! The other day I was chatting with a couple who had asked me to do a design for them that featured a hare, and one of them asked me if I’d ever noticed “the Hare in the Moon”. What?? Of course I’d heard of the Man in the Moon, but a hare? But they assured me that if I looked closely at the full moon, you could see the figure of a hare in it.
Well, I still haven’t seen it, but I thought it sounded like a great idea for a design, so here he is. The moon is done in silver lame fabric, appliqueed on with silver thread, and the hare is appliqueed on top. And the coat of the hare is done in overstitching – that is, the fur is just sort of “scribbled” on with running stitching in different colours of browns and greys
The Hare in the Moon
I’ve become very interested recently in how you can reproduce the coats of furry animals in embroidery, so this will be just the first of several furry animal designs. At the moment I’m working on one based on a sketch I did of our sleeping cat. He has a very long and fluffy coat so the design will need some attention
Love this idea and how the colors of the coat appear. Some people use a brush to make the animal coats appear furry. Yours doesn’t seem to need that but texture is another element. As always, your designs are super!
Love your Bunny. Trying to plug in one of the blue plate special blocks in Cherri’s quilt. Can’t seem to manage it – but the tree is magnificent.
Mia, I’ve never heard of the Hare in the Moon either, so will have to look for one, next time we have a full moon.
I love the hare also, he is so cute. I understand that hair (fur) on an animal is very hard to reproduce. Looking forward to see some of your other animals.
Hi Mia, your friend’s quilts are just awesome and you and Chantel digitized some fabulous designs for them. I hope she wins some more awards for them as she qualified for the next round of judging. I love your hare in the moon design and the fur looks so real when one clicks on the design for a close up look. I have never heard of the hare in the moon, so I will have to keep my eye out for it.
All I can say about this hare in the moon is WOW.
Mia, finally saw the Hare in the Moon. There must be a full moon. He is facing to the left, ears are back and he is standing up. You do need to use a little bit of imagination to see him, but once you do, you will not be unable to see him.
Hi Mia, Never heard of hare in the moon. Your hare looks like my Claude Hopper. Great job.