This past month has not been a busy stitching month for me, but I did finish two smalls - my final Christmas ornament for the year (for a newly acquired puppy in a niece's family), and the final Beatrix Potter character on the growth chart I am stitching for her son at another niece's request. I now have baby's name and birth details to stitch on a separate piece of fabric, which I will stitch at the top of the growth chart. I have some pale blue fabric for that. In my mind it is going to work - time will tell! I can not tell you how much I disliked stitching this piece (extremely unusual for me!). If I wasn't so fond of my niece and grand-nephew, I doubt that I would have persevered. The chart specified half-cross stitches for the characters, and left large areas within the characters unstitched. I just couldn't do it, as I was using the 14 count Aida provided, and I just didn't like the result. Unfortunately the kit didn't specify floss numbers, so I had to rekit all the floss once I made the decision to replace the half crosses with full crosses, and stitch all the areas on the characters. Then I had a melt down with the back/long stitching, and after much hair pulling decided just to ignore the charted outlining, and do my own thing. I also changed the numerals, because I found the charted ones to be extremely fiddly, and I also added 20 cm to the measurements (my great-nephew is quite a tall boy). So, all in all, I was extremely happy to put in those final stitches tonight!
This is the final character - Squirrel Nutkin I believe. The numbers and edges are quite straight - my photography skills are at fault.
Semco kit, Beatrix Potter's Peter Rabbit Growth Chart, Squirrel Nutkin
Semco kit, Beatrix Potter's Peter Rabbit Growth Chart, all 4 characters
This is the Christmas ornament I stitched at the last minute so that Bodhi would not be the only family pet not to receive a Christmas ornament at our extended family Christmas dinner..
I have enjoyed participating in the Smalls SAL this year.
10 comments:
Great finish on the chart, and what a relief it must be to be done! I think the top character is Squirrel Nutkin? Although there was another squirrel named Timmy Tiptoes as well. I'm reading them to my daughter right now. :) I love Bodhi's ornaments and hope his parents were happy with it too.
I'm a big Beatrix Potter fan so your growth chart pleased me very much to see it.
Good for you for sticking with to a finish. It's very hard working on something you really are not enjoying. I'm sure it will be cherished.
That's a great chart finish. I love all those Beatrix Potter figures.
All of Beatrix Potter designs are so cute. You did a great job. And the ornament is so beautiful as well.
Happy New Year!
Love the Beatrix Potter growth chart. What a wonderful gift.
Happy New Year!
Nice ornament! What a great growth chart!
You must be so pleased to have the growth chart finished. It is lovely and will make an original gift. Happy New Year.
Absolutely beautiful growth chart! I adore Beatrix Potter! Very pretty ornament! Happy New Year!!
Just caught up with all of your posts since April! Wow, what a lot of ornaments! Congratulations on finishing the height chart and some crocheting too.
I'm looking forward to seeing your HAED Santa reappear. I hope all the frogging you had to do has not left you too downhearted. Fingers crossed for a good stitchy start to 2017. :)
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