Yay, my Garden of Earthly Delights kit came!

TheOtherDrew · Post by **TheOtherDrew** » Wed Nov 25, 2015 12:25 am

I ordered a kit of the painting Garden of Earthy Delights by Hieronymus Bosch. I've been waiting for this kit to come for a while. It came yesterday

and it's huge!. The finished size will be 125 cm tall by 48 cm wide (14 ct aida). The pattern is 60 pages (but it's fairly large print).

Look at all that floss!

And here's one last pic of the kit with a small dog for scale:

salome · Post by **salome** » Wed Nov 25, 2015 12:44 am

Great googly moogly!!

That is a LOT of floss!!

fccs · Post by **fccs** » Wed Nov 25, 2015 12:47 am

I bet the little dog is thinking how much attention all that floss will require, perhaps at the dog's expense. And probably plotting how to prevent that from happening.

LadyS · Post by **LadyS** » Wed Nov 25, 2015 1:55 am

Lots and lots of thread!

Allyn · Post by **Allyn** » Wed Nov 25, 2015 2:03 am

Grats on getting your kit!

I didn't realize it was just a small piece of the whole picture, but it'll still be awesome.

Stitch count is more telling than the finished size, though. Having a big piece on 14 count or 11 count isn't really all that 'big' when you could stitch it over-1 on a higher count fabric and have the finished piece be a more manageable size with the same number of stitches.

What is the actual stitch count?

TheOtherDrew · Post by **TheOtherDrew** » Wed Nov 25, 2015 2:55 am

Allyn wrote: What is the actual stitch count?

The stitch count is 173,444 (262 stitches wide by 662 stitches high).

I'm glad it's going to be as big as it will be, I'm going to hang it up on my living room wall. If I was expecting people to look at it from a short distance away (like a bookmark or coaster) I'd go for a higher stitch count, but this will be viewed from across a room.

Squirrel · Post by **Squirrel** » Wed Nov 25, 2015 4:59 am

What a great design and I love your fabric and those threads too. Guess it will keep you busy for a while or three.

Way to go Drew.

Allyn · Post by **Allyn** » Wed Nov 25, 2015 6:32 am

TheOtherDrew wrote:The stitch count is 173,444 (262 stitches wide by 662 stitches high).

I'm glad it's going to be as big as it will be, I'm going to hang it up on my living room wall. If I was expecting people to look at it from a short distance away (like a bookmark or coaster) I'd go for a higher stitch count, but this will be viewed from across a room.

That's a fair size project.

That must be a really big room if folks are going to stand that far away.

I look forward to seeing the updates.

lavenderbee · Post by **lavenderbee** » Wed Nov 25, 2015 10:08 am

Great kit & a beautiful project. Look forward to seeing updates once you've started it.

wendywombat · Post by **wendywombat** » Wed Nov 25, 2015 10:12 am

By 'Eck!! That's some big project you have there!!!

Nice little dog. BTW!

richardandtracy · Post by **richardandtracy** » Wed Nov 25, 2015 12:39 pm

173k stitches.
That is almost as many as I have done in my whole life (227k) over the 8 projects I have done.

Phwee. Good luck.

It is a strangely interesting picture. I am glad, though, it no longer has the same spiritual connotations it used to, otherwise it'd have most of us quaking in our shoes.

Regards,

Richard.

rcperryls · Post by **rcperryls** » Wed Nov 25, 2015 2:57 pm

WOW! That is going to be amazing! Can't wait to see your updates on this one. And adorable pup as well.

Carole

karen4bells · Post by **karen4bells** » Wed Nov 25, 2015 3:41 pm

rcperryls wrote:WOW! That is going to be amazing! Can't wait to see your updates on this one. And adorable pup as well.

Carole

I couldn't have said it any better!!! Great project and adorable pup!!

vanessanjf · Post by **vanessanjf** » Wed Nov 25, 2015 5:18 pm

That is a big project. It's going to be fantastic

I love your cute little dog too

fiddler · Post by **fiddler** » Wed Nov 25, 2015 5:23 pm

That is big.don't think I could ever attempt anything that big. Look forward to seeing your progress

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