Dunnotar Castle

[Serinde]

This is wonderful, and I can see battlements!

My mom's grandparents were from Scotland and England so I love to see things from there.

Any idea where they came from?

[Rose]

This is excellant so much work and to finally see a bit more then just the sky!!!!!!

[Lisa]

[pamelam]

Serinde, no I have no clue where they came from Years ago when I was a young teenager my mom's brother traced the family tree, but I only had a mild interest in it then. I don't even know where the paperwork is from my uncle's search. All I know is the last name of Scottish relatives is Coombs and the English is Foster. I will definitely find out some day as I am very interested now.

[koko]

Thanks for all the encouragement, everyone! I am super-excited to see the castle developing! Although, there are a LOT of confetti stitches in that area. It does make a nice break from all the blues and whites, though!

[~threadbear~]

I was excited to see it appear as well!
Honestly, it's really coming on great, well done.

[agi]

This is really beautiful! I love the colours of the sky

[Cecilia]

I've just caught up with this thread. Wooohoo! The castle has appeared! You're reaaly progressing well with this. This is going to be stunning when it's finished.

[nettie]

I can see the buildings appearing!! looking fab!

[K1nS]

wow you have done alot since we last saw, great work

[Ingriukas]

Amazing picture I like nature and houses pictures

[koko]

OK, it has been a really long time since I have updated this one.......I have been working on it over the last few months, but haven't had a lot of time to get online. I am finished almost the entire top row - there are just about 15 confetti stitches I'm missing. That is about 8 pages. I was getting worried while stitching this because there are SO MANY confetti stitches, when you look at it closely it doesn't seem to look the way I think it is supposed to. But when looking at it through the camera lens, I realized it is coming out just fine, I must be just too close!!

I have also discovered that I do not think I like working on projects this big. I keep having to switch and do smaller projects to keep my motivation going. I will definitely finish this, since it is a gift for my mom, but I think in the future I will stick to smaller projects. Anyway, here is the whole thing:



And here is more of a close-up on my recent work:

[karen4bells]

Beautiful!!

[burgundyice]

This looks fabulous!!! You're right though, sometimes when you're stitching you tend to wonder about what weird colours you're using, and about random scattered bits of confetti - you have to take a step back and look at it afresh and then it really pops!

Louise

[Midge]

I think it looks fantastic.
Keep going, it will be so worth it at the end.

[Mabel Figworthy]

It can be difficult to keep your motivation going with such a large project (unless you're a dedicated HAEDer), but it's certainly worth it, what you've done so far looks gorgeous!

[Rose]

Oh wow a great update. You have done so much!!!!!!

[Billly'sGirl]

Beautiful!!!

[CheyennePony]

That's really nice - lloks like it's taken from a work or art rather than a photo.

[Emma1977]

Beautiful picture of a magical place. I love castles and quite envy you your project You're doing really well with this and it's looking stunning can't wait to watch further progress on this