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I got super annoyed at how I kept putting this project off, so I finally just cleared time to sit & start stitching.
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Completed American songbirds cross stitch kit. This is a dimensions standard collection kit & it took approximately 130 hours to complete.
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I always misjudge how long detailing actually takes, my brain thinks it doesn’t take long because it’s just lines but in reality it can take days. This represents about 3 days of work.
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Finished all the main colour & it’s ready for the long-stitch details!
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Lots of progress on this. Only a few more birds and the roof left before detailing.
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This is such a joy to stitch! I love the variety of songbirds that live throughout America.
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Started up another dimensions kit from my stash. I’m quite enjoying this one as I can finish a bird or 2 in a session which gives an immediate sense of accomplishment.
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Completed cross stitch. This Dimensions Gold Collection kit is called ‘Winter Retreat’.
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Finally finished the solid stitching, and by golly am I glad of that. This kit has not been enjoyable at all as it ended up having 15 thread colours undersupplied that I had to replace with equivalent DMC threads. Significant sections in Q3 & 4, and all of the clouds in Q4 are composed of…
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Finished the clouds on the right side, only the left side left to go before detail stitching.