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Tanya over at OpusAnglicanum is starting a stitch-along for the best Christmas Dragon I've seen in ages. It's wool embroidery on canvas, and uses many different stitches. It promises to be a lot of fun, to judge by her previous stitch-alongs. I'm thinking very seriously of doing this... definitely outside my comfort zone!

Anyone game?

It looks lovely - the fabric in the stitched model doesn't look like canvas though perhaps it's a very fine canvas

I'll pass on this one, pretty though it looks -- too much to stitch anyway, and it's not really my style of design. But I will definitely draw up the magic bench and cheer on anyone who will take it on!

Mabel Figworthy wrote:It looks lovely -

I'll pass on this one, pretty though it looks -- too much to stitch anyway, and it's not really my style of design. But I will definitely draw up the magic bench and cheer on anyone who will take it on!

Save a place for me on that bench, Mabel. Go for it Serinde. I'd love to see this one stitched!

Carole

That is interesting. I'm debating about joining in. I have a lot of Watercolours I could use to save a bit on the kit price if those would work in place of wool. I'd like to maybe buy the canvas from her though to contribute to her design efforts. I think it's a free chart?

I think I only have about 5 or 6 dragon WIPs at present, so what's one more.

Well, quite!

I was thinking this is a perfect "special birthday year" present for a novelist friend who writes about dragons... and who loves Christmas...

Serinde wrote: Well, quite!

I was thinking this is a perfect "special birthday year" present for a novelist friend who writes about dragons... and who loves Christmas...

That does sound perfect. Watercolours would work then? I contacted Tanya and she said she'd send me a bit of waste canvas to practice on too.

She's generous like that. Please report back!

Definitely. I'll try and figure out how to make photos work on here again, and I might need your help on some stitches, so I hope you're going to stitch it as well. Canvas is purchased and will be winging its way over the pond in time for the start. I think I need to get some stretcher bars though as I usually use Qsnaps.

Tiffany, a good and easy option, I think, for posting pictures is PostImage. Mabel found it and quite a few of us have started using it. I plan on sticking with it for now. So since you are going to do this dragon, you have to find a photo website that will let you post your progress here.

Carole

Thanks Carole! I can upload the photos too I think, but I don't want to take up server space, etc. for the forum. Great to know there's a reliable place. If only they didn't keep monkeying with Google Photos, it used to be perfect!

That certainly looks challenging Serinde and I wish you well with it. I will join with Mabel on the bench and cheer you and Tiffany on.

I'll be on the bench too cheering you and Tiffany on and anyone else that stitches this super dragon, its a great design but beyond my capabilities!

That looks interesting. Good luck with it and I'll be on the bench cheering you on with the others.

It's nice & I want to start 'real' embroidery some time.
However, with the end date for my two current projects heading off towards 2030, I think I ought to do something about getting the dates a bit nearer, instead. Means I'll give it a pass.

Regards,

Richard.

I won't join in the stitching but will follow this thread with interest. I will sit on the bench with Sally and the others and cheer you both on.

Sounds like the perfect present for your friend, Serinde!

Tiffstitch, definitely try it out first - I don't want to put a damper on things but canvas can be quite "hard" and Watercolours is a very soft thread, I'd be worried about it shredding/becoming thinner unless used in very short lengths.