And thank you too, Bev. The Mystic Mermaid is an HAED pattern by Jessica Galbreth. I haven't stitched her yet, but am getting ready to. I just want to get a little bit more progress on Mario and College before starting something new. We'll see how long I can resist...
Wow, you have so many gorgeous charts on the go, I can't wait to see your progress on all of them, you're obviously a Spangler fan, I love that! College of Magical Knowledge is looking brilliant, I've only just had my first ever page finish on a HAED so I'm really excited about that at the moment. I love that Mario design, where did you get the chart from?
Thank you, demeter! I think I'm going to do a weekly stitch rotation until I get them all started but yes, I'm certainly a Spangler fan! I also like Jessica Galbreth, Jonathon Bowser and Stephanie Pui Mun Law. (You'll see some of Bowser's and Law's work popping up in my queue in the future).
College of Magical Knowledge is the farthest I've ever gotten in an HAED, so I share in your excitement! There's a level of achievement you feel when you complete a page, but the rest of the pattern seems so daunting.
The Mario design I actually got from a site (which is sadly no longer in service) called darklilac.com. They had a cross stitch pattern generator up where you could load in a picture and it would spit out a pattern. I was going to make Mario for my then-boyfriend. He broke up with me around page 3, however, so now I'm going to give it to my sister.
Wow this is a really long comment-response. Sorry about its length, but thanks for your comment :)
I do! My absolute favorite, though, is putting that last stitch in. Somehow, even though every single stitch in a given page except one can be put in, the picture just doesn't quite make sense without that one last stitch. <3!!!
08 May, 2011 09:24
Happy May!
I'm going to be quite honest. I cannot BELIEVE that I finished page 2. Now that I look back to where I was, it was a rather ambitious endeavor. But, I did it!
Before:
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After:
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Comparing the two, I really can't believe it. BUT, it's done! I need to take a break from College now, however, and work on Mario lest the confetti exhausts me.
10 Comments
Close this window Jump to comment formCongratulations on your finish Ewa! It looks so beautiful. You deserve some non-confetti stitching. I'm sure your goals won't be difficult to reach!
01 May, 2011 22:47
congrats on the page finish!! i love Mystic Mermaid in your sidebar, who stitched that? I have a thing for mermaids lol
01 May, 2011 23:40
Well done! Congrats on your page finish!
01 May, 2011 23:52
Thank you anojaa and Lonneke!
And thank you too, Bev. The Mystic Mermaid is an HAED pattern by Jessica Galbreth. I haven't stitched her yet, but am getting ready to. I just want to get a little bit more progress on Mario and College before starting something new. We'll see how long I can resist...
02 May, 2011 10:55
Great work, you're doing some lovely pieces there.
03 May, 2011 10:57
Thanks so much, CathE! Kind comments are the best kind of motivation :)
03 May, 2011 11:19
Wow, you have so many gorgeous charts on the go, I can't wait to see your progress on all of them, you're obviously a Spangler fan, I love that!
College of Magical Knowledge is looking brilliant, I've only just had my first ever page finish on a HAED so I'm really excited about that at the moment.
I love that Mario design, where did you get the chart from?
05 May, 2011 14:36
Thank you, demeter! I think I'm going to do a weekly stitch rotation until I get them all started but yes, I'm certainly a Spangler fan! I also like Jessica Galbreth, Jonathon Bowser and Stephanie Pui Mun Law. (You'll see some of Bowser's and Law's work popping up in my queue in the future).
College of Magical Knowledge is the farthest I've ever gotten in an HAED, so I share in your excitement! There's a level of achievement you feel when you complete a page, but the rest of the pattern seems so daunting.
The Mario design I actually got from a site (which is sadly no longer in service) called darklilac.com. They had a cross stitch pattern generator up where you could load in a picture and it would spit out a pattern. I was going to make Mario for my then-boyfriend. He broke up with me around page 3, however, so now I'm going to give it to my sister.
Wow this is a really long comment-response. Sorry about its length, but thanks for your comment :)
05 May, 2011 16:24
Don't you just love it....when you stitch and stitch and then stand back and are able to actually recognise something in the stitches.
07 May, 2011 15:06
I do! My absolute favorite, though, is putting that last stitch in. Somehow, even though every single stitch in a given page except one can be put in, the picture just doesn't quite make sense without that one last stitch. <3!!!
08 May, 2011 09:24