It's Finished. Ta Dah!!! Surreal Garden.97,520 Stitches

Finally!!

Approx 15 months of stand-by stitching.

 

The last few inches :)

 

The colours don't show up as well here. That

yellow is a lovely bright Canary yellow/gold.

 

Then

3 stitches to go

 

2 ........

 

1.......

 

 



Ta Dah!!! Much hand-clapping. he he

 

The final third is done.

 

The largest Needlepoint I have attempted to date

 

And here it is.

Off the frame and relaxing on the floor.

The DVD cover is to give an idea of scale.

 

These are the statistics.

My own Design.

23" x 42"

#10 canvas

DMC Wool

185 skeins

 

and if my maths is right, then this is

97,520 stitches.

Crikey!... Blimey!, did I really do that many.??

 

 

Far too Much Stitching ;)

 

 

Phillipa











Needlepointin as well

Cats finished ages ago.

Still need blocking and pressing.(Boring)

 

And a close-up of the Flowers,just cause it looks pretty.

 

I think they look a tad startled..lol

 

 

Never stops stitching

 

Phillipa

 



Another Long term Project

Following on from my previous post.

I dont like to have the big frame empty.

And it's time to do something bigger and very boldly coloured.

Sooooo.

I drew up this very stylised design of flowers with very little detail. Picked some very bold colours and now use it to stitch when I want my mind to rest.

The size of it will make a large wall hanging or even a floor rug.

Will decide on that later.

Its #10 canvas I think and I'm using DMC wools.

how are your long term projects coming along??

Happily stitching as always :)

Phillipa

Distraction Over

Distraction Over

Off the big frame and on a temporary

hanging.I hate the blocking stage so it may hang for awhile yet ;)

Actually Im very pleased by how little distortion there is.
26" x 20"

Now to get back to my CQJP blocks. only 3 months behind..lol

Always Stitching

Phillipa

Distracted by This

Has become a Tad compulsive.

Stitch, stitch stitch,

Phillipa