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fccs's Curl Up with a Good Book framed Oct 2020

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I started my first HAED on January 15th. It's Curl Up with a Good Book:

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This is where I am as of today:

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I'm stitching it on 25 count Lugana, 1x1.
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Great start on a wonderful design! :applesauce:
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I love that design :wub: :wub: you have made a great start :applesauce: :applesauce: :applesauce:
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:applesauce: :applesauce: Wonderful start on a fun design!! Definitely one of my favorite artists!!

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Love this design. I'm looking forward to your updates on this one. :D
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I :wub: his work and bought myself as a gift for myself last week one of his charts....now I need to buy the material to work on....

I can't wait to see this done!!! And in progress. Post as many updates as you want.
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:applesauce: A great start Debby and how lovely to be doing 1 over 1 too - it is going to be an awesome masterpiece. Pulling up the (virtual) bench to watch it grow. :lol:
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This is going to be fun! :king: :wip:
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I like the dragon with his choc-chip cookie!! 8)

This is the epitome of relaxing with a Good Book! :D :applesauce:
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You've made a nice start of this piece. I have so many Spanglers in my stash at the moment. I was going to work on one once I finished my current piece, but hubby has made a request for a different piece to go by his train set. We'll see what happens. :D
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Going to be a fun one to do. Pleased I'm not the only one to cross country when using a good few colours!

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I was just not loving my stitches on the 25 count and didn't want to end up hating the whole thing, so I restarted it on 22 count, still 1x1, full cross, and I'm so SO much happier with it. This is where I was as of a couple days ago:

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So pleased that you are now enjoying stitching this lovely one and you have made grand progress in a short time. Well Done Debby for scrapping the other count and swapping to what is more comfortable for you. :applesauce: :applesauce: :applesauce:
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Help.:) Have just joined this forum, but am so lost. Here in Ireland we don't use the internet a lot. Am loving cross stitch, but don't know how to use the forum properly to ask advice. Please help.:)
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Good Idea!! :applesauce: When you love the design but hate the fabric ....only thing to do! :D

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Great choice I love Spanglers dragons, I'm glad you switched fabric before you'd done too much!
Fantastic restart :applesauce:
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:applesauce: :applesauce: Smart move to a fabric that works better for you at the start. Great start!! I'm looking forward to your updates!!!

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:applesauce: :applesauce: I am so glad you have decided to restart this now, rather than trying to stick with your first fabric choice! Now you will enjoy it much more and will be able to make much better progress on it! Great restart!!
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Glad you've found just the combination of fabric and thread that works for you!
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Good idea to restart if you were not happy with it. I'm sure you will fly through it now :applesauce: :applesauce: :applesauce:
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