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Great re-start Lesley That's one monster of a frame!!!!

jocellogirl wrote:That's one monster of a frame!!!!

It certainly is Jo. I wouldn't have contemplated getting it if I hadn't had my floor stand to put it on.I definitely wouldn't want anything bigger! It will be great though because I will be able to virtually complete the design without moving the fabric in the frame until I've nearly finished and then it will only be about an 1" more of the fabric that I''ll need to complete it.

A little more to show on my Dragon Soul

Good start Lesley . I hope the fabric is being more compliant now

Great start

Lovely progress on Dragon Soul

Great start.

I can't wait to see this one grow. That's a neat idea to have it in a 17 x17 frame, and then you don't have to move it around much. I hope it works out well.

Love the colors in this!! I hope you have a lot of fun stitching it up!!

I am posting my SAL here so as not to clog up the Papillon SAL thread with my part finished progress reports.
I started this weekend with the mission to stitch all of the outline for part 3,but then decided that it would be more interesting to do some other stitching too. My nemesis ie lazy daisy stitch is in part 3 with a vengence. it is called Russian Chain Stitch in this part,and some of the stitches are done in the metallic thread It is in every petal
As I still have an ongoing battle with French Knots,even after nearly two decades of stitching I am determined to conquer the lazy daisy, and I'm getting there, not as uniform as they should be but better than previous attempts and it makes it more individual
So here is part 1 of 4 petals in part 3

The back stitch is stitched in my palest green.I can see it because I know it's there! This is the green used in the instructions for all four petals,but, I am going to stitch with medium green on two of the petals as it is prettier(variegated) and shows up more. I'm so glad I didn't stitch any beads on part 1,it would have been a nightmare to put back on my frame. I am so glad I have my floor stand, I could not do the Lazy daisy without it,I need two hands,three would be even better!!!!

I think this looks lovely and the petals look like you just zipped through them with no problems. I wouldn't have known that loop stitches were ever a problem. Part 3 is looking good.

Carole

Thank you Carole. I am getting better at making the loops but if you saw me attempting these stitches it would look very funny. I get in all sorts of trouble counting and placing. I definitely don't zip through them, I feel like I am eight again and trying to master chain stitch for the present I once made for my Mum!!!!
I still have it, a toilet bag, and oh boy are the chain stitches ropey

Lesley, it is marvellous and your lazy daisy is top of the class.
It is beautiful and I love the colours you are using too. Great stitching

Very pretty. I just love those beautiful purples

It's looking beautiful. I think the lazy daisy stitches are fine.

That's looking really lovely Lesley Have just hit print so will be joining you shortly on the Part 3 start

The stitches look fine to me. Beautiful work!

I think they look fine!!!!!

It looks beautiful!

Beautiful work! Very brave of you to stitch the lazy daisy stitches since they are your nemesis. They turned out great!!