The Girl that Stitches

I won't write "a novel" for part 2... I'll just cut straight to the reveal and bombard you all with photos! Here she is finally framed: This one I took with the camera flash turned on: Different angle: I choose a silver coloured frame because it was much more complementary than the darker frames I was initially looking at. I felt like I wanted some metallic element in there from the start. Blacks were just too dark and wood didn’t look right. I think the lighter color really brings her out and that’s where the attention should rightly go! Frame moulding up close:   I went with the conservation clear glass (cuts out UV) to hopefully prevent any potential fading from exposure to light. Unfortunately this shot ended up a bit blurry it gives an idea of the size anyway! I am quite tall for the record!: I think it turned out well after the long process to get to this point.  Now, back to stitching my wips!

It's finished!!! It was the best feeling ever when I filled in the last stitch :D The stitched area is 18 inches by 24 inches. It still needs a wash (feeling a bit anxious about doing that though) and I will get it framed... The picture is taken outside in the sun/natural light:) Umbrella Sky by Marta Dahlig Stitched on 22 count hardanger, 2 over 1 full cross Started January 2010, finished August 2014

I'm getting sooooo close to a finish on this! All the confetti has really slowed the process down.

I’ve almost finished stitching another two pages of Umbrella Sky. I know it doesn't look like much.... Just scroll down the page to last months update and spot the difference ;) This is getting closer to the finish now with about three pages left! I’ve also updated Treasure Hunt Bookshelf with a new progress picture. Welcome to all the followers that have signed up to the blog. Also thanks to everyone for all the lovely comments! Megan

This months page is taking me longer than normal due to all the knitting I've been doing!   I knitted a scarf for my mum for Mothers Day (see picture on knitting page).   I also won a chart giveaway!   I have been following Karen Mendoza from FT FT FT Stitch who is also stitching Nocturne.   In celebration of her blogs 4th Anniversary she had a giveaway.   You can check out her stitching blog here .   I’m sending out a big thanks to Karen for the patience and kindness she has shown:)  After much humming and arring I decided on Josephine Wall’s “Spirit of Flight” (see stitching stash page for picture).   I have been wanting to brave one of her charts for awhile now but the prospect of that much confetti had me considering it carefully!   I am really excited about the new charts I have lined up to start!   I have also just recently started the crop of Aimee Stuarts Treasure Hunt Bookshelf and will post some pictures of this soon.    However, I am determined to finish Umbrella Sky pr

Here is page 28 (I'm not going in order :) There are five pages left till the finish! It's 90.60% complete. I have done 200,061 stitches, but there are still 20,739 stitches left.... 

Here is page 33 completed. Still another six pages to go...  Here is what the whole piece looks like!

Here is page 27 completed. I am enjoying stitching the fabric of her dress. There are still another seven pages until the finish! Two of those are not very big, so fingers crossed won’t take long. I have been very tempted to start a new Dahlig pattern!  

Here is page 32!  Happy New Year :) 

Here is page 31... I've skipped ahead a few pages to start the bottom row!  This means I am down to 9 pages till the finish!  Wishing everyone a safe and happy Christmas and Holidays with family & friends :)

Here is page 26 completed! For some reason the colors in the close up look all washed out.   The original photo doesn't look washed out :(   Gives you an idea anyway... It does look a bit abstract.  So just in case you were wondering what you were looking at, this section is of a fish jumping out of the water.   On that subject, I recently brought a goldfish and named him Rembrandt.  He is a very lively creature :)

I've started the second last row! I'm on a roll and really keen to get this finished sometime in the near future... Here is page 25 completed :) 

I have been busily stitching away to complete pages 23 and 24 in time for a special Halloween Update!  Well at least it's Halloween in Australia... (Despite the date on this post reading wrong... mmm... not sure how to fix that). Anyway, Happy Halloween to everybody whatever timezone your in! :)  

Here is page 22! 

Here is page 21...  I put a tape measure in there to reveal the size.  The stitched area is actually about 18 inches wide! The length is also about 18 inches at the moment.  Next page here we come-bring on the reds!!!

Here is page 20 completed!  Still another 16 pages left!  This one is a little more interesting to look at (more colours than the last).  I'm looking forward to getting to her dress :)

Here is page no 19!  It's pretty boring mostly DMC 814-so over that colour right now... But it stitched up pretty quickly without zillions of colour changes :)

Here it is!  The page with the giant fish :)  I've now completed 18 pages out of 36...

Page 16 is complete!  Happy Mothers Day to all the mothers out there:)  I recently adopted a kitten.  She is very cute but also very mischievous.  I can't leave my cottons out anymore-she has destroyed several skeins already!

I've finished page 15!  It's taken me a bit longer than normal because I was busy moving house at the start of March.  Anyway here it finally is!