I've started it! YAY! I was feeling a bit rough last night so I thought I would cheer myself up by starting a new project I'm sure you've all heard plenty of excuses for starting a new one! Anyway, this kit was bought for me for Christmas by Simon's sister, Carol. Here's the pic of what it's supposed to look like, for any of you who missed it before (I think I might have put it in my Chinese dragon thread actually).
It took a bit of preparation as I had to get a single strand of thread and do a running stitch horizontally along the length of the fabric through the three panels as the middle panel has a printed cross in the middle to tell you where the centre is, but the other two don't and I wanted to make sure my panels were perfectly aligned. Then I stitched three of four stitches on each panel right in the centres so I could pull out my guideline.
Then eventually, I got to stitch a bit of a sunflower. Here's last night's effort on Panel 1.
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I'm glad you got started on this one Sarah. I love the colours in it.
I look forwards to seeing it grow.
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I love the colours and sunflowers are my fave flowers cause they always make me smile. I think you will get loads of enjoyment stitching this one I love your telescope as well, its fantastic!
Did the kit come with this beautiful dyed fabric? It looks yummy!
Agi
"The world, as a colourful knot of threads, has turned into a memory, and now you cannot be sure whether it was real." (Géza Ottlik, Hungarian writer)
The fabric is going to set this design off perfectly! It's such gorgeous colourings too.
Good start Sarah, am looking forward to following you on this.
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Agi, yes, it has come with dyed fabric - the whole piece has sunflower images dyed into it and then just three blank panels are left for the stitching.
Lizzy, sunflowers are my favourites too - they look so happy, don't they? This is my second sunflower project.
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Fractal 239 Aero Chocolate
Sarah yes sunflowers always look happy lol..I love roses too but to me they arent a happy looking flower
Where I take the dog out walking we walk past a bungalow and in its porch is the sunflower panel beautifully framed. Ive just been peeping through the hedge to get a better look lol..I hope they didnt see me. Its lovely
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The fabric really makes the whole design! from the cover it looks like a piece of card! It's going to look great, I love the reds and browns in it, it gives the pattern a lazy late afternoon relaxed feel.
I can't wait to see more!