Dinosaur height chart (on a break until after Christmas!)

[Mabel Figworthy]

Good luck with the wedding sampler! We will get a finished picture, won't we?

[Kute Kitty]

Absolutely there will be a finished picture for everyone to enjoy - but not until October

[Kute Kitty]

Right, the wedding sampler is finished!



Now, to get up the motivation to go back to the dinosaurs...I'd forgotten how big the height chart was. (I told my dearly beloved that, he laughed at me and pointed out that it is 3 feet long and I shouldn't be surprised...you know those moments when you really love someone but could really slap them very hard?) I've washed out the gridlines, because I was starting to worry about whether they'd come out after however long it takes me to finish this whole thing. I'm going to put the actual measurement bit on last of all because I'm considering changing it to go up to 6 feet instead of just 5, so he gets plenty of use out of it...he's around 4 feet already!

Someone give me a poke to get me moving with this please!

[Jaki :)]

The sampler is gorgeous they'll love it

And you asked for it so Can't wait to see the dinosaurs

[meerkat]

Oooh, I want to see your lovely dinosaurs again so a from me too

forgot to say how good your sampler is, congrats on the finish

[Rose]

The sampler looks great!!!!!!

We really really need to see a of some dino's so you just must get stitching on that one.

[maggs]

So disapponted I was expecting to see an update picture come on get that needlee going

[3madspaniels]

The sampler is beautiful. Gorgeous colours.

Looking forward to seeing the dinos now!

[Lizzieh]

Naughty Kute Kitty! I too got all excited coz I thought I was going to see a picture and all you do is tease us.
Now get stitching before he reaches 6foot!!

[Kute Kitty]

No more teasing, there are pictures now!

Last time you saw this, it was the middle of July and it looked quite a lot like this


The individual dinosaur I was working on looked an awful lot like this.


I then had to put these guys aside to work on the wedding sampler (which they love and is now on the wall in their house). So, now that the wedding is over and I'm back to reality, I decided it was time to pick this up again. I decided to wash out the gridlines, and had changed my frame stand since then too, so had to put them on a new frame... Thursday evening I washed the lines out, Friday evening I put it on the frame (tricky at the best of times, fiddling around with fabric and masking tape and pieces of wood...) and yesterday and today were spent stitching and watching movies. Many, many movies. Lots of fun.

This is where I am now.

[pamelam]

Glad you're back to this one; it'll be fun to watch your progress! Glad to hear the happy couple appreciated the beautiful sampler you made!

[Rose]

I am glad this is back in the mix also. It is really cute!!!!!

[Ceitidh]

Good to see this one again - looking great!

[karen4bells]

nice to see this one again!! Great progress

[Like_Fine_VVine]

Nice stitching!

[dollystitcher]

Good to see this one back and looking great

[Kute Kitty]

Thank you for all your positivity ladies, I'd have put this aside long ago if it weren't for you all! I'm even starting to think about finishing ideas (optimism!) I think I might try stitching Sam's name at the top of it, either just his name or something along the lines of "Sam's height chart", or "watch me grow!" maybe, then sew some kind of dinosaur-printed fabric (if I can find such a creature) on the back before putting dowelling at the top and bottom and tying a nice cord to the top to hang it on the wall - as suggested by the picture in the magazine (all the way back on page one). I'll have to keep my eye out for suitable fabric, if anyone sees any in the mean time please shout up, I'd really appreciate it!

[meerkat]

great to see I love this project

[Like_Fine_VVine]

I like the ideas you have for your finish. I'm sure you'll be able to find some appropriate cloth when the time comes .

[Oiralinde]

You are doing such a beautiful job; it looks great. I am excited to watch you progress on this.