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Re: Kara's Stitching Projects! I'm back!

Good accurate program for DIY photo charts

Hello forumers! been away for so long! been so caught up in the new job and the boyfriend great time to come back at christmas! ha and i lost my stitchy bug for agessssss! nice to be back! lovely update for you my parrot is almost finished! pretty much just the leaves left now ive been crazy with it...

Page 2 of the parrot done only 4 pages left well okay 3 technically as two of them are only half a page, but its mostly block colours \0/

Wow havent posted on here in a while sorry about that :oops: ^^ i lost my stitchy bug for a couple of months after i finished birds of paradise oops! also because i was working! but i've more time on my hands from switching jobs, and got my motivation for my parrot again :D ive stormed through it th...

The framing/wall hanging is now done tis a little bit wonky on one side but it looks nice on my wall goes with my room and the reds!

im trying to get the motivation to do my parrot before i get any other kits/charts XD

thanks for the ideas guys :) ha creative minds think alike! i was actually thinking of using wooden dowling :) i went to B&Q this evening and got a wide heavy piece of dowling, ordered some interfacing and back fabric too :) just need something to hang it i was thinking red ribbon coz im gunna p...

Thanks for the lovely replies guys :) ha most of you go with a wall hanging then XD yeah i did think about it, karen i get exactly what you mean not sure how i would go around though maybe if i got some wire hangers and maybe like wrapped some fabric around the wire that could work... its going on t...

Birds of paradise is finally finished :) finished just this evening! hazzah so glad the way it turned out! the ribbon french knots were quite difficult and dont look as good as the front of the packet but hey it still looks nice!, now guys i need some suggestions im not sure what to do with it: 1.fr...

Havent updated in a while been like a steam train with this as im really enjoying it now :) got past halfway now! over a quarter the way through the other half ;) been sewing like a maniac XD should probably get it finished by the end of february :D then can do my parrot again XD http://i884.photobu...

done this kit myself have it on my wall in its own black frame, its very strange seeing somebody else do it but its definitely alot of fun! loving your progress! , It was a great challenge and will look gorgeous when its done great work

Another update im going through this like lightning as i'm really enjoying doing it with the colors really standing out from the black finally done the first bird!

I literally said WOW out loud when i saw the full picture, i love disney really great childhood memories your very brave for doing some a large scale and creative project! and again WoW

Just a small update, but I am really enjoying doing The Birds of Paradise (thanks sally :)) loving the colours standing out while im sewing it, tbh i dont think this one will take me very long to do!, surprisingly finding sewing on black fabric quite easy maybe because its only 14 count and ive got ...

Happy new year :) even though for me im not fussed ha, well now that i have all my sewing to myself and my projects, time to get them started! not really going to do them much though. I'll slowly carry on with my macaw but the confetti stitching just sounds daunting after rushing with my friends pre...

thanks for the replies thats exactly the sort of thing i was looking for! your definitely right i do have a lot of time to mull over it and have a think, i'm wracking my brain thinking of ways i could do it but got quite alot of time as i have my currents projects to do which will take me a while :)...

Just had the ambitious idea this evening of over some time (possibly years! by the looks of the current projects i have) sewing some of the oriental motif's/geisha charts etc that i have a collection of and making them into a quilt/throwover, was just wondering if anybody had a site which could expl...

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