This morning I made a little frame for the sampler from some moulding I had lying around. I know from real life art that a frame always makes a piece look about one third better than it does without a frame! I'm going to stain the frame oak to go with other pieces in Mum's roombox. (Edited to add photo of stained frame, below).
The sampler I just fabric-glued to a piece of card, let it dry, and then trimmed it to fit the frame. Very easy to do.
I've decided to go with the gold/yellow for the Blue and White Room -- thanks to everyone for chiming in! The colour is called "Stuart Gold" by Benjamin Moore, so I need to do my panelling first and then get painting!
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The sampler looks good - your mum will love it and I think the yellow background will look splendid. It's always a relief to reach a decision, isn't it?
ReplyDeleteThe result with the frame is beautiful :-)
ReplyDeleteI'm glad for the choice of " Stuart gold" color :-)
Just lovely, lucky mom, its great that you can share this hobby with her.
ReplyDeleteYou are right! The sampler is pretty itself but with the frame it looks even better!:)
ReplyDeleteIrene: Yes! It does feel great to have made up my mind about the colour. I just knew, the instant I saw the first wall done, that the red wallpaper was not going to be what I wanted it to be.
ReplyDeleteThanks so much, Flora, Elga and Ewa -- we're having dinner at Mum's place tonight so I'm going to take it over to her!