Well, this week I didn’t have that much time to stitch, so I worked on some more red and dark red, and looky there, the eye of the bird appeared. This was only 2,5 hours of stitching, bringing the total to 374,5 hours.
It has been a long, long, long time since I stitched on A Mon Seul Desir. To tell you the truth, I really had had enough of the piece. After finishing the top of the fourth page (Page 6), I really couldn’t stand any more red confetti. Also, summer had arrived, and it was really too hot to stitch, with sweaty hands messing up the fabric, needle and thread, and a major head ache from sitting in the sun.
But now the weather has turned, I took my break. I started stitching on this piece again last week, and I loved it. I started working on the red. I will stitch all the red(ish) colors before filling them in with the confetti colors of the flowers. I am leaving the bird to last for my grand finish ;).
Total time so far is 372 hours (13,5 hours this week). My stitching plan is also out of the window. Let’s see if I can finish this page by the end of November, and maybe the fifth page (halfway point!) this year.
I got some stitching done this weekend and was able to finish the third big motif, and start a small bit on the fourth. I think this finished one might be my favourtite, I love all the swirls. My estimate is that it took me about 7 hours to stitch all this, bringing the total to 50 hours so far.
On our recent trip to England I bought more cross stitch souvenirs from the same design company as the Tudor Rose bookmark I bought last year. This time I got two bookmarks, a scissor keep and a needle book. I started stitching the needle book and in about a week I finished it. So, here it is :D The scissor keep is matching, and I am regretful that I didn’t get any more matching items. Ah well, a good reason to return (or order online ;)).
I worked on the Vierlande again this weekend for about 9 hours. I started on the motif above my last finished one. I decided to first finish all the big motifs before filling it in with the little ones. As we will be going away again this weekend I expect to finish this one the coming weekend. This has cost me about 43 hours so far.
Not only did I not stitch on Mon Seul Desir for almost a month, now I see that I didn’t even upload Week 20. Well, here are both week 20 and 21. Total time spend on the piece is now 358.5 hours. I am way behind schedule, but I was just too busy and kind of had it with this project (sooo much work for so little to show for it). So, I hope I can still finish the top row this year, but if not, ah well, it is still a hobby, and it should always stay fun!
Oh, and BTW, that triangular shape in the middle is the top wing of a bird :D
It’s been a very long while since I posted, and also since I stitched. It wasn’t only the heat that kept me from it, I was also busy planning for my mom’s 50th birthday present, my own holiday and work work work. But, I finally got some stitched into the Vierlande again, and finished the second emblem. This one had a lot of backstitch, and was spread over two pages.
I decided I will work upwards from now on, finishing page one. I will do all the big emblems first however, before filling it in with the letters and smaller emblems.
I worked on it for 34 hours now :D.
Summer has officially begun here, with temperatures of over 25 degrees celcius… I didn’t stitch too much this week either, it is just too hot, and I get sweaty hands and a head ache from my hot lamp. I did manage to work on the piece one day, for 6 hours (total 340 hours). I am hoping to finish this half page next week, but the confetti is all that is left, so that will take me quite some time.
Even though I had the week off, I didn’t work on Mon Seul Desir as much as I wanted to. I rediscovered my Nintendo DS, and I was just a bit tired of stitching. Like I said before, this page will be done at the end of June, May was just too busy for one full page.
I worked 12 hours on it this week, for a total of 334 hours.
Another weekend away, but a busy weekend this time, so I spent only 1.5 hours on it (total 27.5). I worked some more on the blackwork/cross stitch on the inside of the second pattern.
