I love cross stitching in my spare time and buying vintage kits from ebay .
Currently I am working on a kit by Elsa Williams called the beaded marriage sampler. It is very beautiful but very big and detailed. I am trying to work my way up to starting my mammoth cross stitch kit by permin of copenhagen called waterflowers. When it is completed the design will be 1 metre by 1 metre!! I am hoping it will end up being a family heirloom
Hello Joanna and welcome to the forum from South Carolina! I'm so glad that you found us.
I hope that you will post pictures of your projects. We love pictures and a beaded marriage sampler sounds lovely. Your mammoth cross stitch definitely sounds like a mammoth at that size. I'm sure it will be an heirloom to be treasured for years. Looking forward to getting to know you too!
Carole
WIPs
Star Wars Afghan:Chewbaca
HAEDs:
O Kitten Tree
Dancing with the Cat
Everything else "on hold"
2022 Finished: Star Wars Afghan: Princess Leia, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Yoda, Finn, Rey, Poe, Han Solo,Darth Vader, BB8,Luke Skywalker
Hello Joanna, welcome from Newcastle, NSW. I haven't stitched anything that large, the biggest I have done was a bell pull for a friends stairway. It measured 10ft x 1ft. Thinking about it that is probably about the same surface measurement. All I know is that it took a long time to stitch !! Where in Australia are you?
Your bell pull sounds fantastic I am a bit nervous about starting the big one, it seems a little daunting! I am planning on taking progress shots of it as I start stitching it so as to encourage me that I have actually made some progress each time I stitch.
Just the usual advice, Joanna, take it one stitch at a time. I usually kept a couple of ornaments on the go while I was stitching, just to take a break from time to time.
Hello Joanna and welcome to the forum from South Carolina! I'm so glad that you found us.
