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Far Out (Hippy)

Average Retail Price: $9.00CAN ($7.00US)

This Hippy is surrounded by many icons of her era. Clockwise from upper-left... a hand is giving you the Peace sign; the ultimate expression of coolness ( "Far Out" ) is spelled in balloony letters across the top of her head; a Carnaby Street sign (the grooviest destination of anyone dedicated to fashion) is over to the right. The hippy is wearing a tie-dyed bandanna and, of course, has a flower in her hair; her Granny Glasses display an op-art design and a Peace symbol. A purple lava lamp gently oozes over in the lower-right corner. Across the bottom, the word 'love' is splayed out in tie-dyed glory with a Mood Ring filling the role of the letter 'O'. Look closely now, a little Happy Face is peeking out of the yellow stitching at the bottom-left. These years were full of distinctive smells... one of them was Patchouli (you'll find the name of this exotic floral fragrance running up the left side of this picture).

Peace

Areas of embellishment are as follows: Granny Glasses (metallic copper and gold); lava lamp (metallic silver); hair and face highlights (white rayon) and mood ring (metallic silver).



Norma B. did a wonderful job of customizing her "Far Out (Hippy)" piece... she chose a lovely 28-count hand-dyed fabric from Sugar Maple Fabrics (a colour named 'Garden Princess') and won 2nd place at her country fair for her customized, California version, of 'Far Out: Hippy'. Congratulations, Norma, on creating a terrific, one-of-a-kind Hippy! Please note that although the original piece, like most of my cross-stitch designs, was stitched with 1 strand of thread, Norma chose to use 2 strands since she was stitching over 2 threads on a 28-count fabric.



FABRIC: The original model was stitched on 18-count Pewter Aida (Permin #3587... similar to DMC 415)

STITCH COUNT: 142 high x 113 wide

DESIGN SIZE: Approx. 8" high x 6 1/2" wide (when stitched on 18-count fabric)

THREADS REQUIRED: White/DMC 208/DMC 209/DMC 210/DMC 211/DMC 407/ DMC 550/DMC 642/DMC 644/DMC 646/ DMC 722/DMC 725/DMC 726/DMC 727/DMC 844/DMC 907/DMC 948/DMC 950/DMC 3023/DMC 3072/DMC 3770/DMC 3772/DMC 3773/DMC 3774/DMC 3787/DMC 3799/DMC 3806/DMC 3808/DMC 3837/DMC 3845/DMC 3856/DMC 3858/DMC 35200 (Rayon)/Kreinik Blending Filament 001 (Silver)/Kreinik Blending Filament 021 (Copper)/Kreinik Blending Filament 002 (Gold).

"This pencil sketch was the original concept drawing for the Hippy piece. The granny glasses, lava lamp, headband and long hair stuck around to the end but the moustache just had to go!!"

If you'd like to read more about how this design evolved, please visit the Hippy DESIGN DIARY

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