So good for you starting a new project! Love them, wonderful colours!
Agi
"The world, as a colourful knot of threads, has turned into a memory, and now you cannot be sure whether it was real." (Géza Ottlik, Hungarian writer)
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Joan Elliot Spring Fairy
Cupcakes
Snuggle Up 2012 HD's
Bohemia
Fairy Friend
This is what I've done so far with the Toucan...It's easier to stitch as it has big blocks of the same color....the background has shades of green and I thought of starting on the toucan's head and then stitch the rest of the background to finish the 1st page of the chart....
And this is what I've started so far with the Butterfly....I decided to start stitching in the middle of the design to get a glimpse of the butterfly ....this one has lots of blended colors making stitching progress a little slow...but I'm enjoying it
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Agi
"The world, as a colourful knot of threads, has turned into a memory, and now you cannot be sure whether it was real." (Géza Ottlik, Hungarian writer)
These both look great especially the toucan! What fabric are you using, the stitches look a lot smaller than the butterfly one?
I'll look forward to seeing these grow!
Thanks Agi & Louise! I'm hoping to stitch some more before Christmas Eve and Christmas day as the whole family will be too busy doing a lot of things.
I'm using off-white Aida 14ct. fabric for both and 2 strands of floss. Some of the stitches in the butterly requires 3 strands for half stitch with blended colors and some only requires 1 strand. The toucan's much easier since it's all 2 strands of one color and no backstitch is required.
charmagne "As we count our stitches...let us not forget to count our blessings..."
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They both look like a lot of fun plus such vibrant colors! You've made great progress on both!
Kerri Current WIP:
HAED Chessie-10,200 of 90,300 - 11%
HAED Catch a Falling Star-8,900 of 203,900 - 4%
HAED Wrath-46,630 of 240,000 - 19% http://www.flickr.com/photos/kerbear879/sets/
Wonderful start on both Charmagne!
These are different enough to keep your interest level in both high ... I just think you might have trouble wanting to do both at the same time where you're unable to decide which to pick up!
You'll have to have a strict rota system. lol
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