Setting out - UPDATE 15th AUG

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Setting out - UPDATE 15th AUG

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This kit is by DMC using satin threads. Not used them before but they are lovely, bright & shiny going through fabric very smoothly. Lady who I bought this form on EBay had turned over edges of fabric & stitched them as on DMC instructions. It makes for better edging on fabric & I will do that on my future projects as easier, quicker & neater than 0versewing edges. :D

Think I will have to save this draft & edit it to add main picture as my prev post has disappeared. May have to try Tinypics in future

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That's good, got picture of kit front on here but now have to post it on page.

ps. Started about 6 weeks ago - not done s much as I usually would in that time as a few evenings it was very humid & sticky so no stitching these evenings :(
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These pics do not show up now. They did when I first put this post up. Will have to try another website, maybe Flikr or Tinypics. Don't know which is best.
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Lavender, a lot of us have had trouble with Photobucket. Try PostImage. It is free and easy to use.
https://postimages.org/

Looking forward to seeing your new kit. :D
What did the lady do to edge the fabric?
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Thanks very much Poppy. Glad you said it is easy to use as I'm not good with PC things :lol: . Will sort that out later, am off to dentist soon.

The lady who I bought it form had turned over edges about 1.5 centimetres, in this case 2 blocks of the Aida, & sewn it down using tacking stitches. Once she'd done that turned over to 'right; side & this left raw edges on back of fabric. On front all you can see it a line of tacking stitches round the edges instead of oversewing. Continual line of stitching ____ ____ ____ ____ round the 4 sides of the fabric looks better than my usual way :D Will try & put pic up soon once I am able to post pics.

This kit is stitched on blue Aida but I prefer white. I thought it would be nice to have a different colour to work with but it is not so good for my eyes but will persevere with it as I love how the colours of the picture :D
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Got pics downloaded very quickly on Photoimage. Thanks very much for telling me about that Poppy. Will use that in future as very good.

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Edit: Haven't worked out how to get the bee pic on my avatar but will work that out another time.
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:applesauce: :applesauce: Great start on what is a lovely design!!

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Thank you Carole :D
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What a lovely, peaceful picture! I love it.
You made great progress already.

Regarding avatar, I think that I used this site :
https://avatarmaker.net/
Once you are happy with the resized image, you have to save it. It is explained at the bottom of the page. :D
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Sorry this came up when I meant to delete it :roll:
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Thank you Helene. This reminded me of first time DH & I went to Snowdonia National Park; through flat grassy plain with the mountains & then turned a corner coming across Llyn Ogwen. We didn't have a road map with us & were astounded at the beautiful sights I knew if we headed towards the coast we could get home from there. Each time we turned a corner stunning scenery & a very clear sunny day so could see down the Nan Francon Pass & across to Anglesey. You could see how the glacier had formed the valley below that pass. Sheep almost on the wall along edge of road on right hand side. A journey we have never forgotten & it became our favourite outing. Can't travel that far now but have lovely memories of it. Recently bought heather & they are in pots in the garden :D

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Beautiful colours!
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Thank you Mabel
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Setting out - Update 5th August

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Latest pic. Done 3/4 of first page, only 4 pages. Not nearly so big as many on here but good to know I've done a fair bit :)

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Sorry it has turned out bluer than it should be, Aida is a pale blue. Will take pic in a different place next time. Did 1st one in the bedroom & it is obviously the best place to take pics. There is very pale blue between the mountains to make it misty though.
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:applesauce: :applesauce: Beautiful progress!

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Beautiful update! :applesauce:
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What a lovely scenic view you are stitching :wub:
A lovely update I can't wait to see more :applesauce:
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Having rarely tackled anything that was more than one page I think this is plenty big enough :-) - and as always, it's the design and the stitching and the enjoyment you get from it that count! This is a lovely atmospheric view :wub:
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:applesauce: :applesauce: :applesauce: Beautiful!! Love the colors!! :wub:
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Lovely scrnic virw and you are making great progress. :D
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Lovely!
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