She's going quite fast as lovely to stitch as ever, I had a real doozy of a pain attack the other night so I've been recovering mainly in bed. But on the up now hopefully. I've finished the rose at her face and some of her hair and I also finished my Christmas bunting today despite getting up at 2pm!
She looks amazing. I have the magazine and bought it partly because of her. You are definitely doing her justice. Hope you feel better.
HAED Mind if I Hang Out -Page 17/36 finished. ?/154,350 stitches
Hang In There - finished, waiting for a decision on framing or turning into a mini quilt
Universal Monsters - finished, waiting in line to frame
Beautiful update! You are making really good progress! Hope that you feel better soon and that its a long time (as in forever) before you have another bad attack.
Carole
WIPs
Star Wars Afghan:Chewbaca
HAEDs:
O Kitten Tree
Dancing with the Cat
Everything else "on hold"
2022 Finished: Star Wars Afghan: Princess Leia, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Yoda, Finn, Rey, Poe, Han Solo,Darth Vader, BB8,Luke Skywalker
She is really beautiful hope you are feeling better soon
Karen
Work in Progress Dress Makers Daughter - Nora Corbett Best of British Street Party - Sandy Littlejohns & Deborah Lester Santa's Sleigh (Christmas Eve Couriers) - Nora Corbett
(Eta, the cloth is laid over the rollers hence the two bulges....)
I always have a bit of saddness to finsih the cross stitching! Now I've started on the backstitch and then the beads last. I bought another reel of the Krenick as I'm far from convinced I can do the huge feathered fan in her hand with what I have left over from the one reel.
I'm still recovering from last weeks big bad attack, and I've not done much today. Also though I've been sewing a patchwork/quilt? Cover for my chair, I'm at the stage where I'm freaking out about how the heck I'm going to quilt this huge long thin thing with a small sewing machine. Luckily, I think..., my parents have some visitors tomorrow for the weekend and the lady is a very very skilled quilt maker....I'm not sure if I dare show her my freestyle "what the heck if I do a two metre quilt for my first time" project.....but I hope that quilters will be as lovely and encouraging as cross stitchers....
Your flapper gal is amazing. I now really want to stitch her, despite the 1/2 stitches. I'm sure I'll be even more convinced once I see your beading and fan work. Great fabric choice, too.
I'm sure your visitor will be a great help with the quilt. She should be pleased that someone is taking up the craft. I quilt wall hangings (up to 2+ meters x 1 1/2+ meters) on my Janome Gem. It is a fairly small and light machine to take to classes. I start by rolling the fabric up as tight as I can on the machine side and then end up just pushing and pulling to make my corners and curves. (only when stopped and with the presser foot up and needle down.)The roll disappears pretty fast. My biggest issue seems to be the area surrounding the machine. The kitties love it as I accidently hit things off the table and they have instant kitty toys. Good luck finishing the quilt and I hope you recover quickly from now on.
HAED Mind if I Hang Out -Page 17/36 finished. ?/154,350 stitches
Hang In There - finished, waiting for a decision on framing or turning into a mini quilt
Universal Monsters - finished, waiting in line to frame
That's really helpful works4me, it's very good that you do it n a small machine. The YouTube vids I've been watching are scary and always seem to use a big computerised behemoth to do the quilting!!
I wasn't going to quilt it originally but I realised that it would need stitching more than round the edges as its so long the backing material would just bag.
She's looking good.
and don't come back.
