HAED mini diamond birthstone COMPLETED!

tiffstitch · Post by **tiffstitch** » Wed Jun 03, 2015 6:25 pm

Good luck with your exam. Metallics are so frustrating. I tend to anchor them twice, so I'll go through the back of a few stitches, then pull the thread back across and go through them again. That helps me.

Aesandre · Post by **Aesandre** » Fri Jun 05, 2015 11:07 pm

Hi all, thanks for your encouragement. I sat my exam yesterday, I don't think it was a total disaster but I am going to grumble for ages about the fact that I was asked to draw a diagram of the electron transport chain from memory.

The Kreinik thread arrived yesterday and it's a lot more yellow than the metallic DMC thread I've been using. I think I may have gotten the hang of using the DMC now (great tip to secure it twice!) and I'm really pleased by how the folds of the dress are looking. I can't wait to do the other half of her face, because I think that will really bring the design to life.

Amazing how optimistic I've become now the exam of doom is over!

Here's the latest pic. I also bought a needle minder when I purchased the Kreinik, and I don't know how I've managed to stitch without one!

rcperryls · Post by **rcperryls** » Fri Jun 05, 2015 11:27 pm

I do remember that awesomely free feeling when the EXAM was over and there was nothing more to do than grumble about bits and pieces but it was over!!!

Beautiful update!! This is brilliant!

Carole

Aesandre · Post by **Aesandre** » Fri Jun 05, 2015 11:54 pm

Thanks! I also have to say a huge thank you to the cast and crew of Game of Thrones for their awesome company while I stitched. The project just seemed to grow before my eyes while my brain was absorbed in the story (box sets of seasons 1-4). Sheer pleasure.

MelindaH · Post by **MelindaH** » Sat Jun 06, 2015 1:20 am

Aesandre wrote:Hi all, thanks for your encouragement. I sat my exam yesterday, I don't think it was a total disaster but I am going to grumble for ages about the fact that I was asked to draw a diagram of the electron transport chain from memory.

Oh boy. I hated trying to learn the stupid electron transport chain and the Kreb's cycle. I never could memorize all of the steps. I'm so sorry you had to do the whole thing.

AlwaysGoofy · Post by **AlwaysGoofy** » Sun Jun 07, 2015 4:30 pm

What a lovely update! I'm so glad for you that your exam is finished. I've recently gone back to school, and I know how nervous I am studying for an exam. I've learned that stitching for a short while brings a much needed break to my brain while spending a lot of time studying.

KristyReed1982 · Post by **KristyReed1982** » Thu Jun 11, 2015 2:48 pm

Beautiful work! I am certain all the frustration will be well worth it

Mabel Figworthy · Post by **Mabel Figworthy** » Sat Jun 20, 2015 8:19 pm

Lovely sparklies!

Aesandre · Post by **Aesandre** » Thu Oct 01, 2015 11:11 pm

Hi all,

I have been working like a demon on this thing (although it may not seem like it!) and I think I only have 5300 stitches to do.

I have found a parking technique that seems to work work me, albeit I need to find a way of keeping the threads out of the way.

Here's the latest pic:

I have worked phenomenally hard on this since December I have been on the verge of giving up and starting again so many times. I will be delighted to get this finished!

mouselady · Post by **mouselady** » Fri Oct 02, 2015 12:51 am

She is so beautiful! What an amazing gift!

lavenderbee · Post by **lavenderbee** » Fri Oct 02, 2015 9:31 am

That is beautiful & you have done lovely neat stitching. Once completed it will be a wonderful picture. Look forward to seeing another update & watching this project grow. Hope you can have a bit more stitching time now to help ease your stresses.

Mabel Figworthy · Post by **Mabel Figworthy** » Fri Oct 02, 2015 6:16 pm

How lovely

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rcperryls · Post by **rcperryls** » Sat Oct 03, 2015 4:31 pm

It is going to be worth every stitch you have made and then some. I remember how glad I was when I finished miniAmethyst and then how much I missed her too. Yours is lovely and it will make a beautiful gift. My sister has hers hanging in her office and tells me that it continually is commented on. Can't wait to see your next update!

Carole

Allyn · Post by **Allyn** » Sat Oct 03, 2015 8:39 pm

It looks lovely!

vanessanjf · Post by **vanessanjf** » Sat Oct 03, 2015 9:29 pm

Such beautiful work

AlwaysGoofy · Post by **AlwaysGoofy** » Mon Oct 05, 2015 10:43 pm

What a beautiful update. It is lovely design, and you have done lovely work. Thank you for sharing your update.

Sarah Gixxer · Post by **Sarah Gixxer** » Tue Oct 06, 2015 10:23 am

Such a pretty design, and you're making fabulous progress

richardandtracy · Post by **richardandtracy** » Tue Oct 06, 2015 4:13 pm

Really nice, and beautifully stitched too.

Regards,

Richard

tiffstitch · Post by **tiffstitch** » Wed Oct 07, 2015 5:31 pm

You're so close and it looks amazing!!

Aesandre · Post by **Aesandre** » Sat Jan 09, 2016 6:28 pm

IT IS FINISHED!! IT IS FINISHED!!! AHAHAHAHAHA!!!

Sorry. That was the demented scream of someone who has been working ceaselessly on a project for just over a year who has finally finished the darned thing. I'm better now *cough*

It's about 8 months or so behind schedule and has driven me round the bend but at least she is finished and I can finally give my poor patient best friend her birthday present

It hasn't sunk in yet that it's finally completed - I woke up this morning and my first thought was that I still had a bit left to do. It's a slightly odd feeling that something that occupied so much of my time and was constantly in the back of my mind is now over. In a weirdly masochistic way I'm going to miss it.

I'm not sure what colour frame would be best to compliment it - does anyone have any suggestions?

Here she is in all her glory:

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