The first picture is a detail of the face in progress - it looks kind of ghoulish at this point, but I wanted to show how I did it - something I worked out. I'm doing this in basketweave, of course (also called "diagonal tent stitch"). The arrow on the left points to where I've stitched over the eyebrows and eyelids in preparation for putting them back in with backstitches on top with just 2 plies of DMC floss. This is something I observed the counted X-stitchers doing years ago - an interesting technique, and it works well on needlepoint in this case.
You can see only two little dots remaining where the eyelid was. I left the lilps bare, as they will have pink tent stitches.
The arrow at the lower right points to basketweave in progress so you can see that it goes continuously up and down the diagonal, just skipping where there are already stitches or where it needs to be left bare - as the mouth. This makes a much prettier surface than it would breaking up the areas. These scans don't really show the color or sparkle as well as a photo would, but late at night the light isn't good enough to do it well either. 
The next scan is what I've done so far, and it's so entertaining at this point, with the colors being added, that I hate to put it down to go to bed. Oh well.
Be sure to check out The Cape Stitcher today, as I think she might have some of her angel stitched - I'm anxious to see it!!
7 comments:
She looks wonderful! I just love the way you did the hair, and her face is great. I'd better go look at Anne's now!
It's good to see how you get around the problem of having a face that "reads" without overdoing the detail in such a confined space.
Oh those are lovely, Judy!
She's beautiful, with the flowers in her hair. Her face looks so angelic and serene. Lovely!
She is beautiful! I love the garland in her hair and the halo is perfect! Can't wait to see how you and Anne both stitch the dresses.
I especially like the flowers on the simple bodice. The sleeves also have just enough pattern to notice but not over power. Very pretty.
The really give that angel a life. You have a great talent. I am so amazed in that creation. I really adore that one. I will be visiting this blog for more amazing creation.
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