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rachel_lily · **Posted:** Fri Nov 11, 2011 10:55 pm

Hi everyone, I've been away from stitching for a while now and now the bug is making a return - at last

I have decided to start Mini Citrine by Rachel Anderson, I started her last night and so not much progress made yet. I received all the floss for the design today and the colours are wonderful, I am itching to see progress

Here she is:

I am starting on page one, I thought the background would be fun to stitch as I love the art deco style stonework, and I love the colours in the fairy herself, and her dress - wow.

Anyway, I shall update my progress regularly, she is a large design and I'm stitching her on 18 count fabric, so she'll be huge when complete.

Thanks for looking

rcperryls · **Posted:** Fri Nov 11, 2011 11:19 pm

That is beautiful. The colors are just lovely. I can't wait for your updates.

Carole
:dance:

karen4bells · **Posted:** Sat Nov 12, 2011 12:23 am

Very very pretty!!! This is going to be so fun to watch!! :wub:

Squirrel · **Posted:** Sat Nov 12, 2011 12:30 am

What beautiful colours and so vibrant. I can understand you wanting to start her right away.

Sally

Fljotsdale · **Posted:** Sat Nov 12, 2011 12:32 am

What gorgeous, gorgeous colours! :wub:

I could even forgive the wings on this one... :wink:

Carole · **Posted:** Sat Nov 12, 2011 9:19 am

The Art Deco is lovely and it makes such a gorgeous contrast to the stunning dress that she's wearing.

I'll look forward to your updates

Mabel Figworthy · **Posted:** Sat Nov 12, 2011 12:37 pm

How lovely and peachy she looks!

tiffstitch · **Posted:** Sat Nov 12, 2011 1:04 pm

Beautiful choice! I hope you get along well.

Nachstenliebe · Joined: Tue Sep 08, 2009 6:04 pm **Posts:** 11784

This a gorgeous design.. it will a peasure getting to watch you stitch this up :wub:

Faith

Fizzbw · **Posted:** Sat Nov 12, 2011 3:20 pm

Great colours, and I love the stone work as well. Look forward to your updates.

Niki x

LadyS · **Posted:** Sat Nov 12, 2011 3:48 pm

The colors are amazing!

AriannaF · **Posted:** Sat Nov 12, 2011 6:06 pm

Fabulous design, I look forward to your updates :applesauce:

meerkat · **Posted:** Sat Nov 12, 2011 6:53 pm

What lovely colours. It's a very pretty design

Lessa54 · Joined: Thu Aug 13, 2009 10:42 am **Posts:** 4110

Lovely design. I love the contrast in the colours in this one. Look forward to the updates.

rachel_lily · **Posted:** Sat Nov 12, 2011 9:11 pm

Thanks everyone, it took a while to choose the design I wanted to stitch, but I loved how she looked a bit like peaches and cream and thought I would give her a go.

I was tempted by the mini version but as I wasn't sure how much detail would be lost, I opted for the full size.

Hopefully a progress pic will come very soon

vanessanjf · **Posted:** Sun Nov 13, 2011 6:16 pm

Gorgeous deisgn. I cant wait to see your progress

Mrs Milkybar Kid · **Posted:** Mon Nov 14, 2011 7:10 am

Beautiful choice of chart - I look forward to seeing your updates!

rachel_lily · **Posted:** Wed Nov 16, 2011 12:01 pm

After feeling somewhat intimidated by the full size version, I thought I would change to the mini as it seemed much more manageable for me. It is 16 pages instead of 52 so much better.

I'm expecting the detail to be not as good as the full size, but so far I'm really happy with how it's turning out and so I thought I would post a progress pic.

I need to order more threads to fill in the holes,but I can see the stonework taking shape already. I looks so much better from a distance rather than up close, the butterfly isn't all that detailed but as it's such a small part of the design, the larger butterflies and the fairy seem promising.

Thanks for looking.

coffee_freak · **Posted:** Wed Nov 16, 2011 12:20 pm

meerkat · **Posted:** Wed Nov 16, 2011 12:45 pm

Great start on your mini :applesauce: