In Progress

A list of my in progress craft projects and plans.

Updated periodically.

Camille Pissarro 1897 The Boulevard Montmartre on a Winter Morning

The public domain photo above of Camille Pissarro’s 1897 “The Boulevard Montmartre on a Winter Morning” is from https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/437310 

  • I purchased a diamond painting kit of “The Boulevard Montmartre on a Winter Morning” by Camille Pissarro from AliExpress Zamyel Store
    • Due to the YouTube video “What a Copyright Strike Taught Me – A Wake Up Call for the Diamond Painting Community” by Tiny Worlds of Wonder (https://youtu.be/l7Vo44-B6bc) I don’t want to take any chances with copyrights.
    • I have older craft kits I purchased and did not think copyright was an issue with them. Going forward I going to make sure it is a copyright free item and stick to the public domain photos and or older paintings or have something uniquely my own.
    • I purchased the larger size of 50*70 cm for just under $20, and I already put together some 20″x30″ stretcher bars with acid-free foam board for it. I am very happy it works well with a somewhat standard frame size. The actual painting size is smaller than 20″x30″ and I already cut a piece of of this shiny almost metallic black fabric for the background on the frame and zigzag stitched the edges and attached the fabric to fusible interfacing.
    • The actual diamond painting canvas is finished as of March or April 2021, but I still have to frame this. I have stretcher bars with acid free foam board already assembled, but in the future I plan to use canvas panel boards as they are more storage friendly and sturdier than foam board. There are so many options with framing I am not sure how I am going to frame this. I might just wrap this painting with black fabric and then glue and seal the diamond painting to the foam board on the stretcher bars. For future pieces I may seal and paint and blend the edges of a canvas panel. 
    • For reference, if I decide to paint blended edges on this the top two colors per the color list are DMC 3072 and 452.
  • Autumn Tree Cross Stitch Kit
      • finished the cross stitch probably in mid 2019
      • still have to
        • soak it in water to remove the print
        • add additional beads and sequins
        • frame on stretcher bars
        • figure out what frame to use as now agree with the benefits of a frame and glass/Plexiglas
  • Summer Tree Cross Stitch Kit
    • as of April 2020, still working the actual cross stitch and then to add beads (just a style option I like) and frame on stretcher bars (14 in x 14 in or 35.56 cm x 35.56 cm)
  • Spring Tree Cross Stitch Kit
    • finished the cross stitch probably in mid 2019
    • still have to
      • soak it in water to remove the print
      • add additional beads and sequins
      • frame on stretcher bars
      • figure out what frame to use as now agree with the benefits of a frame and glass/Plexiglas
      • I have each of these cross stitch four seasons trees completed as of March 2021. They were started in 2017. However, I am still working on framing them.