This is the scheduled three-weekly post for the SAL that I’m doing with several other crafty blogs and Precious Dreams has come back out of the box.
This is where it was up to when it was put away, with the top four pages completed.
I’m quite happy with how much I’ve got done this time. Ok, there was a lot of background, which stitches up a lot faster, but I’ve done four columns which is 2520 stitches.
Look, there’s another ear! I’m quite excited to be coming up to Kitty’s face. I have three columns left of page five, and I’m hoping to get them done for the next update, although they are a mass of confetti.
If anyone hasn’t seen an in progress pic of this before, it’s not as chaotic as it looks. Honest 😉
For the stitch-a-long I’m linking up to these lovely blogs (and apologies for missing some of the links off last time. No idea how I managed that)
Avis, Claire, Gun, Sue, Constanze, Christina, Kathy, Margaret, Cindy, Heidi, Jackie, Sunny, Hayley, Megan, Deborah, Mary Margaret, Renee, Carmela, Sharon, Daisy, Anne, Connie, AJ, Jenny, Laura, Cathie, Linda, Helen
Do allow for people being in different time zones, so not posting all at the same time, but it’s well worth doing a bit of blog hopping to see all the lovely projects that are being worked on.
July 15, 2020 at 8:56 AM
What a great project this is!!!!
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July 26, 2020 at 5:21 PM
It’s a long project, but it’ll be worth it once it’s finished 🙂
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July 14, 2020 at 9:55 PM
Wow, looks good! I hope your mojo for this project continues to carry you along with it!
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July 26, 2020 at 5:21 PM
Thanks. I hope so too 😉
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July 14, 2020 at 7:31 AM
Oh wow – I would love to do a large kit but I have too many to finish at the moment
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July 26, 2020 at 5:22 PM
That’s never stopped me LOL
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July 13, 2020 at 3:48 PM
Beautiful progress! Love all those parked threads!
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July 26, 2020 at 5:22 PM
Thank you 🙂
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July 13, 2020 at 4:08 AM
Great progress! I awww’d at that cute second ear, lol 😀 What am I going to do when that face appears!?
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July 26, 2020 at 5:23 PM
Thank you. The ear has grown a bit more since. Face soon hopefully 🙂
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July 13, 2020 at 1:23 AM
I am so impressed with your thread organization! And given the amount of detail visible in the fish, I can’t wait to see the cat.
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July 26, 2020 at 5:23 PM
Thank you. I do like to be organised 🙂
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July 12, 2020 at 10:41 PM
I park threads but never so many. I’m not organized enough! It really is fun to see the picture emerging column by column.
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July 26, 2020 at 5:25 PM
I don’t usually park as my normal projects aren’t full coverage. It took a bit of getting used to, and finding the best way for me, but it’s working great.
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July 12, 2020 at 9:17 PM
That sure is a lot of background. Project is really taking shape and is that a kitty cat I see? Great project
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July 26, 2020 at 5:25 PM
Thanks, and yes, that is a kitty. She’s sleeping and dreaming of the fishes 🙂
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July 12, 2020 at 9:09 PM
I love your comment about how the stitches finally come together, like magic. That’s just how it seems to me ~ magic (with a big dose of organisation!).
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July 26, 2020 at 5:26 PM
Yes, that’s it exactly. You do the groundwork and then a picture appears. Like magic 🙂
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July 12, 2020 at 5:53 PM
It looks fabulous, but those threads still terrify me!
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July 26, 2020 at 5:27 PM
Thank you and the threads aren’t scary really 😉
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July 12, 2020 at 4:43 PM
That’s really an amazing stitchery. I am in awe of your parking ability!
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July 12, 2020 at 4:45 PM
Thank you 🙂
Parking is easy. All you need is highlighter pens and hair clips 😉
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July 12, 2020 at 3:35 PM
Ah! I just realised there’s going to be a cat. I should’ve known! This is going to be fantastic. Do you leave the needles threaded or is it just the threads that you have bundled together?
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July 12, 2020 at 3:54 PM
It’s just the threads. Some people park with the needles in, but I’d end up stabbing myself a lot LOL
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July 12, 2020 at 3:24 PM
Great progress, can’t wait to see that sweet face! I love seeing how everyone works, you must be so organised to keep those threads out of the way, I would be in knots in no time! Jenny xx
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July 12, 2020 at 3:57 PM
I’m really looking forward to seeing the face appear. What I love about stitching confetti over one, is that it looks like a load of random stitches until you finish a section and see the design, just like magic.
I’m quite obsessive about keeping the parked threads tidy. As soon as I park one, it gets rolled up and added to the clipped bundle.
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July 12, 2020 at 2:08 PM
Very beautifull! There will be a kitten! Good Summer
Carmela
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July 12, 2020 at 3:58 PM
Thank you, and yes there’s a cat in there ready to appear.
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July 12, 2020 at 1:01 PM
this is going to be stunning, on black! I really admire how you manage to work with so many threads hanging!
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July 12, 2020 at 4:00 PM
The background is stitched in dark navy so not quite black, but it does show off the design nicely. The threads aren’t in the way really. Keeping them clipped together keeps them tidy 🙂
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July 12, 2020 at 12:27 PM
I can’t wait to see kitty’s face. Yes, that definitely looks chaotic. I don’t think I could manage to work with all that floss hanging around. I really hate having to work on all that confetti, but it certainly makes the picture look fantastic.
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July 12, 2020 at 4:03 PM
It does look a mess but it’s really well organised, both on the project and the chart 🙂
It definitely takes some concentration to do the confetti but I do love the effect.
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