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Shrelana · Joined: Thu Jul 12, 2012 4:16 am **Posts:** 31

So, yesterday....it took me about 7 hours of prep to be ready to cross stitch this pattern for a friend and his wife for xmas....

I figure, I need to do at least 3 to 4 squares a day to finish it on time to mail it to California for xmas. The pattern will be 10.3X14.25 inches in size...the Q Snap I bought (the store had them!) actually is rather large:)

I used to think this was a LOT of floss....

Then I bought for this project :shock:

Planning to start stitching today...

rcperryls · **Posted:** Sat Jul 14, 2012 1:03 pm

Looks like you will be busy for a while. Don't forget to post pics often so we can cheer you on.

Carole
:dance:

karen4bells · **Posted:** Sat Jul 14, 2012 4:12 pm

what a lot of preparation you've gone through to start on this. I can't wait to see your first progress pictures :applesauce:

Shrelana · Joined: Thu Jul 12, 2012 4:16 am **Posts:** 31

So, I've done approximately 2 hours worth of stitching

I never imagined so many colours could be included in white

karen4bells · **Posted:** Sun Jul 15, 2012 1:50 pm

So glad that you've gotten started on this. Unfortunately your photo isn't showing up for me

Cecilia · **Posted:** Sun Jul 15, 2012 2:09 pm

Good grief! That's a lot of prep! :shock:

No, I can't see the picture either.

rcperryls · **Posted:** Sun Jul 15, 2012 2:23 pm

That is a lot of prep time. I've never paid attention to how long that takes me. And I can't see the picture either.

Carole

Shrelana · Joined: Thu Jul 12, 2012 4:16 am **Posts:** 31

It should show up now....I think....if not, I'll have my hubby take a look

Shrelana · Joined: Thu Jul 12, 2012 4:16 am **Posts:** 31

rcperryls wrote:

That is a lot of prep time. I've never paid attention to how long that takes me.

The only reason I really paid attention is because while I was doing the thread - I watched 30 minutes of a DVR'd program, and then sat through 5 episodes of Law and Order before my husband got home from work (and spent until 6PM helping me finish

). Then the gridding - had a friend over until about 30 minutes before we usually go to bed, I was thinking it would take maybe 40 minutes to grid :lol:

Yea...I miscalculated a bit :lol:

rcperryls · **Posted:** Sun Jul 15, 2012 3:40 pm

looks like you have made a great start on this. The picture now is showing up so I expect you will be able to give us lots of updates. :thumbsup:

Carole

karen4bells · **Posted:** Sun Jul 15, 2012 4:58 pm

I can see the picture now too!! Great start on it and I will be watching for your next updates :dance:

Rose · **Posted:** Sun Jul 15, 2012 5:33 pm

Great start!!!!!!!!! :applesauce:

socialsue · **Posted:** Sun Jul 15, 2012 5:50 pm

Looks like lot of work to do on this! Great start! What is the design going to look like?

socialsue

millymolly · **Posted:** Sun Jul 15, 2012 8:36 pm

Great start hope you manage to keep to the 3/4 a day to get finished seems an okay target! :applesauce:

Shrelana · Joined: Thu Jul 12, 2012 4:16 am **Posts:** 31

Wow...what a difference a great light makes

!

Got a bit more done today...maybe I can even finish before December :lol:

Some had asked what this will look like, this is my friend's photo that I'm stitching

Originally had a black background....yea, that didn't work, so I kinda edited the photo

tiffstitch · **Posted:** Mon Jul 16, 2012 11:55 am

Great start!

Sandz27 · **Posted:** Mon Jul 16, 2012 2:32 pm

Good start

x

Shrelana · Joined: Thu Jul 12, 2012 4:16 am **Posts:** 31

So, I did about 800 stitches today....just had to pull out about 600

Somehow I missed an entire block of blue within a huge block of white

I even tried to figure out how to fix it w/o pulling everything out

Oh well...I think tomorrow I'm going to stitch from a different point, and I'll go back to that point later :ribbit:

millymolly · **Posted:** Fri Jul 20, 2012 12:36 pm

Lovely progress, sorry to hear about the :anotherfrog:

rcperryls · **Posted:** Fri Jul 20, 2012 12:54 pm

so sorry to hear that Mr :ribbit:

visited. I had to pull out at least that many stitches on a piece I finished early this year because I had used the wrong color stitching a huge color block. So annoying and that was in a tent stitch so took half the time a full x would have. Don't blame you for stitching a different part for a while.

Carole
:wub: