My first big project Chrysella in Graphite 17/02/10

[bluenoseshelley]

hi guys here is my latest stitching choice after spending what feels like forever deciding which of four charts i have to do first i all of a sudden felt it had to be this one so here is what it should look like and what i have so far im stitching it on 14 count aida finished design is 89500 stitches did about 650 odd lol but i can already see shapes forming yippee i cant wait to stitch more tomorrow its from mystic stitch by maxine gadd

what it will be like when finished



what ive done today


how big it is

[Rose]

That is very pretty and not to many colors to have to worry about.

[JenEric]

This shall be nice to watch develop. It's always such fun to start a new project.

[charmagne_capalad]

Great start!

This is huge! I will be looking forward to your next progress pic!

[kazzi29]

hey it looks great cant wait to watch this grow how many colours is in the pattern?

[Charmed]

ohh she's beautiful!! and huge.... looking forward to seeing more

[K1nS]

Good start

[bluenoseshelley]

That is very pretty and not to many colors to have to worry about.

lol rose there are 48 different colours in this and then 15 skeins of black and four of 819 baby pink lol it surprising how many pinks and lilacs are in this as it does just look brown and grey

thanks for all the encouragement cant wait to see it grow more this is almost a quarter of the first page will post more pictures soon

[vanessanjf]

Oh wow, what a lovely design. I am currently doing a Maxine Gadd design by mystic stitch called Kabuki. A japanese geisha. I love her stuff.

[Lisa]

[bluenoseshelley]

Oh wow, what a lovely design. I am currently doing a Maxine Gadd design by mystic stitch called Kabuki. A japanese geisha. I love her stuff.

i love the maxine gadd designs and i have a picture in my gallery of john claytons japanese lady 'suko' i love all the colours and the fantasy style might treat myself to maxine's book on amazon

[Nachstenliebe]

Lovely choice. This is going to be a fun SAL to watch!
Faith

[Cockneystitcher]

Nice to see another Maxine Gadd design.I'm sewing one at the moment with another 3 to follow.Haven't seen this one before look forward to seeing more of her.

[bluenoseshelley]

Nice to see another Maxine Gadd design.I'm sewing one at the moment with another 3 to follow.Haven't seen this one before look forward to seeing more of her.

wow i just had a look at your work in progress its gorgeous how big is that design trixie? what is the chart quality like from celtic rose i have been meaning to order from them but not enough stitching hours in the day to decide what i want if you havent seem much maxine gadd try mystic stitch website and look under her name on the right of the page there's tons lol

[Lizzieh]

This is going to be amazing. It's incredible that even in a 'grey' design like this there are 45 different colours,

Liz

[Sammi21]

All i can say is WOW and good luck.

[Angel]

I agree with sam...WOW! That's amazing!

[bluenoseshelley]

the colours in this look greyish brown but believe it or not the colours i will be stitching are mostly lilacs and pinks with bits of grey and brown in there are about seven different pink colours and about the same in light purple shades im assuming the finished effect will look brown/grey i have no idea but it will be fun finding out

[Slinky]

I'm a big fan of Maxine Gadd and this graphite version is magnificent. I laughed when I read how many colours were in this 'black and white' design!!

You've made a great start. Good luck!!

[kell]

What a stunning design! I'll look forward to watching your progress.