Sarah's Chinese Dragon - GIFTED!

[agi]

Congratulations, Sarah! Another great finish!

[meerkat]

your dragon is lovely, well done

[StephanyNJC-UK]

*round of applause*, he looks wonderful, i bet the poor lad thought he'd never get finished, tut mother, tut, hehe xxx
(no snow here today afterall, howling, whistling gales, sun & driving rain though, the hatches have been batterned)

[Lizzy]

[Kuschelschaf]

Well done! It's absolutely beautiful. I love the colors that you chose as opposed to the original picture you posted from the book. Very cool and I am impressed that you stitch so fast! I am glad you could get the thread to finish!! !

Since you are a new stitcher you may not have heard that you can make a "working copy" of the pattern. When you do this you can use the copy to mark off the stitches that you have done. You can use a marker, or a highlighter, or colored pencils or even just a regular pencil whatever you prefer. This helps you keep track of the stitches tha you have done and what is left to stitch.

I actually wondered if that was what Sara did. I never really heard of this technique before because my mom only did line by line and my friends do color by color. I find that line by line is making me crazy, so I decided to do blocks of 10x10 just so I feel like I am progressing a bit more I guess it makes working the pattern more interesting.

[xGailx]

Lovely finish, I love the colours WELL DONE

[Busy_B]

Fabulous job! It looks great! Congrats on the finish.

[Sarah Gixxer]

Actually I didn't change any of the colours, I used exactly what it lists in the book. Books and magazines sometimes show pictures where the colours don't look quite as they should though.

[Fljotsdale]

He looks terrific! Will we get to see him framed?

[Sarah Gixxer]

Yes, he will be framed eventually, although it'll be a while - can't afford to get any done at the moment, sadly.

[Slinky]

Very well done.

[fleur]

Great Job Sarah, looks fantastic.

[coffee_freak]

[burgundyice]

Lovely finish!

Since you are a new stitcher you may not have heard that you can make a "working copy" of the pattern. When you do this you can use the copy to mark off the stitches that you have done. You can use a marker, or a highlighter, or colored pencils or even just a regular pencil whatever you prefer. This helps you keep track of the stitches tha you have done and what is left to stitch.

Actually I mark off the stitches on my 'actual' copy as opposed to a working one (obviously count VERY carefully & don't plan on stitching my HAED again!! I use a different coloured pen each week, so I can look back & see how big a week's progress is )

Louise

[Sarah Gixxer]

I do the same, Louise - except on this one as the chart was in a big glossy book with horrible colour block charts - Simon scanned it and lightened the colours for me so I had a much easier to read chart which I could scribble all over with my felt tips as I worked!

[charmagne_capalad]

Excellent finish, Sarah!

[Sarah Gixxer]

Do you all remember this one? OH chose it as he loves dragons. Well, I've just sent it to the framers so I'll be able to give it to him for Christmas. Sshhhhhhh! Don't tell him!

Funnily enough he was only asking about it the other day - "I can't wait till it's framed" etc etc, so I fobbed him off with "I want to get my Christmas sampler framed first so it's ready for Christmas, then I'll do some more in the New Year when I can afford it". I just hope he doesn't ask to see it again or I'll have to think up an excuse why not! I'll post a picture here of it in its frame before I wrap it up!

[StephanyNJC-UK]

hehehehehe, you should've done like i did and said nowt about it all, makes for peacefulness

[Cecilia]

I've just seen this thread for the first time. What a stunning design Sarah! Can't wait to see it framed.

[Mabel Figworthy]

Good luck keeping your secret, Sarah!