Nursery Rhymes - WIP [2/11 HALFWAY DONE!!!]

Cecilia · Post by **Cecilia** » Thu May 23, 2013 4:00 pm

A great start. Well done on mastering French knots so quickly.

Personally, I'd do the backstitching as I went along but like most have said, it is personal preference which order you do things. But follow Rose's advice and you can't go wrong.

bookknurd · Post by **bookknurd** » Thu May 23, 2013 4:03 pm

Cecilia wrote:A great start. Well done on mastering French knots so quickly.

Personally, I'd do the backstitching as I went along but like most have said, it is personal preference which order you do things. But follow Rose's advice and you can't go wrong.

I'm pretty sure I will do the BS as I go along. As soon as I'm done with Mother Goose, I will back stitch her. I don't mind back stitching too much, but I don't think I would like to do it all at once.

millymolly · Post by **millymolly** » Thu May 23, 2013 7:27 pm

Lovely work

bookknurd · Post by **bookknurd** » Thu May 23, 2013 7:31 pm

Thank you! I'm trying to be as neat as possible, though the back is starting to look interesting...

works4me · Post by **works4me** » Thu May 23, 2013 8:21 pm

What a fun design and a great start on it.

Personally, I do my backstitching at the end. I love the before back stitch and after back stitch pics. Back stitch makes such a difference. But,of course, you do as you want. It is your project. We each need to find the method that works for us on any given project.

I'm looking forward to seeing more progress reports.

bookknurd · Post by **bookknurd** » Fri May 31, 2013 4:32 am

I forced myself to stop working on the HAED so I could make some progress with this. Made a lot of progress tonight, though Mother Goose looks kind of creepy without a face...

As soon as I finish filling in her face and part of her legs, I'll backstitch the finished parts of her and finally move the hoop so I can work on something besides Mother Goose.

rcperryls · Post by **rcperryls** » Fri May 31, 2013 6:19 am

Great update. Mama goose is looking good, even without all the details.

Carole

Oriettait · Post by **Oriettait** » Fri May 31, 2013 8:21 am

very nice update!

moonpie86 · Post by **moonpie86** » Fri May 31, 2013 9:34 am

its coming along nice cant wait to see more

Ainjel333 · Post by **Ainjel333** » Fri May 31, 2013 1:00 pm

I love the cheery colors in this...it's looking great, can't wait to see more with the details.

vanessanjf · Post by **vanessanjf** » Fri May 31, 2013 1:14 pm

Great update

stitchingmae · Post by **stitchingmae** » Fri May 31, 2013 1:54 pm

amyb · Post by **amyb** » Fri May 31, 2013 1:55 pm

Great progress

Rose · Post by **Rose** » Fri May 31, 2013 6:59 pm

I won't say she is cute as you are correct to say it is creepy without a face. But your stitching is very nice!!!!!

bookknurd · Post by **bookknurd** » Fri May 31, 2013 7:02 pm

Rose wrote:I won't say she is cute as you are correct to say it is creepy without a face. But your stitching is very nice!!!!!

Haha, I was tempted to stay up last night and finish her face, but it was already way past my bedtime. Hopefully, she will get less weird looking this weekend.

imogenX · Post by **imogenX** » Fri May 31, 2013 9:39 pm

verajane wrote: though Mother Goose looks kind of creepy without a face...

bookknurd · Post by **bookknurd** » Mon Jun 03, 2013 4:31 am

Quick update of what I got done this weekend:

I finished filling in Mother Goose's face and so had as much of her as I could complete before I have to move the hoop. This is what I have before backstitching.

Close up:

This is what I have after doing all the backstitch on the parts that are complete:

Close up:

Notice that Mother Goose has only one eye. Also, she is missing two nostrils. Apparently, I cannot do French knots after 8pm. She'll have to have reconstructive surgery at a later date.

Rose · Post by **Rose** » Mon Jun 03, 2013 5:54 am

aaaaawwwwww she is sweet and I was a bit curious about the one eye. Good luck with reconstruction.

Oriettait · Post by **Oriettait** » Mon Jun 03, 2013 8:33 am

great update! she looks good and I am sure she cannot wait to have her missed eye back

amyb · Post by **amyb** » Mon Jun 03, 2013 10:19 am

Great update!

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