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After over a month waiting for fray check to arrive (they ‘forgot’ about my order), I was finally able to finish this off. I hate doing button holes as it you stuff it up the whole piece is basically screwed, but thankfully my machine’s button holing function behaved! Made with black wool with silver flecks,…
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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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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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More progress on the whale. I’m going to be heading over into flipper and tail territory soon!
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Guess what I’m stitching now? I’ve always found that Couchman cross stitch patterns simple and generally straight forward. This one though, omg! The lines of colour are so hard to keep in focus that major miscounts happen very easily. The black section had to be unpicked in it’s entirety at least 5 times consecutively because…
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Decided to put the backing on this wall hanging I finished a number of years ago. An easy way of adding a hanger is to insert some corner triangles in-between the hanging face and the padding/backing! When the hanging gets turned right side out these make small pockets that holds the hanging dowel in place.
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Slowly getting there with the dragon cross stitch. Stitching on black is really hard on the eyes, particularly when some sections are the same colour in different stitches!
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Finished snow leopard cross stitch. Took approximately 2.5 months over about 3-5 hours stitching sessions most days.
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I’m in the midst of unpacking things after moving house again. So you’re only going to be seeing quick’n’easy projects for a while. Here is a little blue tit bookmark I made up over the weekend.