In the past month I have been working very hard on my HAED WIP, Christmas Dreams, and since the last GG report I have stitched another five pages. Christmas Dreams qualifies as a GG project because the chart, fabric, and most of the floss was gifted to me or bought with gift vouchers. I am so happy to be able to say that I have now completed 90% of the design. Two rows of charts still to go but the very good news is that the final row of charts is just 2 stitches wide! So I will be stitching rows 10 and 11 together, treating them as one page rather than two. I am really hoping to be putting in the final stitches before Easter. Yay! I've made a small start on the 55th page but this photo was taken when I completed my 54th page, finishing row 9.
I also stitched Days 1 and 2 of the 12 Day set (KDS, designer Sandy Orton) I am stitching for myself, with supplies either gifted to me or purchased with gift vouchers.
I probably won't make up the 12 Days ornaments until after I finish Christmas Dreams. I so want to finish Christmas Dreams!
11 comments:
Oh my I am so looking forward to seeing Santa finished.
Nice Twelve Days of Christmas, I once told myself I should dedicate one whole year to stitching nothing but Christmas, poof that idea was gone, now I am rethinking that idea.
Have a lovely day.
Catherine
Who designs a chart with only two stitches worth on a page? But the end is in sight and we will have a big old Happy Dance for this one!
The ornaments are lovely, I really like the swirly 2.
The link up post is now live.
Christmas Dreams is a great piece, you are so close to finishing, it's lovely. I like your 12 Days pieces, I'm enjoying doing these this year.
Oh Elfie! Christmas dreams is looking very lovely, what an accomplishment! I can't wait to see it finished, you've done such a beautiful job stitching it!! I love 12 Days projects too and am working on another one this year, but I must say, I love yours so much better than what I'm working on! What a fun GG post!!
Christmas Dreams is gorgeous. I also like your 12 Days of Christmas.
Oh you are just moving along on Santa! I am excited to seem him finished up. I love Days one and two as well, they look so nice. Will you sew the two sides together and make them into a pillow type piece?
Faoth, I mount each piece on felt-covered cardboard and fold seam allowance to the back then stitch the front to the back by lacing through the backstitched border, adding a bead to every second lacing stitch. It makes a firm flat ornament. I do most of my ornaments that way.
I adore Christmas Dreams and admire you so much for stitching it!
Wow....the Santa piece is absolutely amazing! I can't wait to see when you're done!
Christnas Dreams is so lovely
Thanks for explaining that!
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