I was looking for a design to stitch for my aunties 50th birthday in January and it was perfect. I cross matched which coloured threads I already had and ordered the rest that day. Even found somewhere a bit cheaper for threads (great to save some pennies when work is a bit thin on the ground). As soon as the threads arrived I wanted to get stitching which I did on Boxing Day. The design was a bit more complicated than I originally thought with lots of odd stitches of different colours here and there. I pursued though, practising some new skills on the way. I even managed two French knots for eyes, a first for me (in the past I have substituted them for a stitch in the same colour). The back stitching that edges a design has never been my favourite part of cross-stitching, in fact I've disliked it and often put it off, delaying the finish of a project. I can see how the back stitch can transform a design and really put a polish on it, defining shapes. I am therefore slowly coming to like this 'fiddle' process at the end of a project.
I finally finished the edging on this project, gave it a light iron (May in hindsight need more) and framed this on 8/1/2014. First project of 2014 completed! What's next?
I am really pleased and proud of the final product :-D I am definitely getting better, which is just as well as I was given a DMC kit of Henry the 8th and his six wives (which is rated as advanced) for Christmas. I think I little more practise and I'll be ready for the Henry 8th design.
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