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Finished humpback whale cross stitch. This piece is actually quite a bit larger than most other similar Couchman patterns, making it almost scaled to the orca patterns. Stitched on 14 count aida and approximating a total of about 600 hours of stitching.
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Finished up this paint by numbers. There’s something about this design that I really like, the colours all contrast yet blend together so nicely. Like last time I also sealed it to protect the paint from dust and fading.
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Progress on the baby whale. So close to finishing now…
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Decided to make an alternate table cloth/runner. This is the first of 2 stitched panels.
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Been working on another paint by numbers intermittently over the last few weeks. It’s interesting seeing the perspective and shapes develop as each section gets blocked in.
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After much frustration where the wool completely rended, twice!, on one of the front panels when reversing, we finally have a waistcoat ready for top stitching. The wool tended to rend along seams, particularly where raw edges frayed endlessly. So after the original front panel, then the replacement panel rended, I just went to town…
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More progress on the whale; currently filling in the back of the main whale, then I’ll move on to the smaller baby positioned underneath.
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Almost finished the wedding waistcoat. Today’s job was doing the cinch (using two bowtie buckles so it looks neater), and pinning the front & backs together ready for stitching.
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Finished all the bunting! In total there is around 30ish metres of bunting (enough to span 6m between two trees twice and to edge 3 tables). Sewing all this used up a bit over 1300 metres of thread! But my, it does look pretty festive!
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More progress on the whale. I’m going to be heading over into flipper and tail territory soon!