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It's looking great Kazzi! I really like the color of the main flower. The backstitching really makes it pop out
Faith

Wow thats looks fab, can't wait to see it finished.

Great work! It's very pretty!

You have plodded quite far!!!!!

Beautiful, Kazzi

Here is my first progress picture. I'm stitching it straight on to a bag I have using waste canvas.

Fantastic!!!! Those colors are great together!!!!!

Wow! Eye-catching.... looking forward to seeing it when u are finished. Lovely color too!

socialsue

It was a beautiful day today so I made some progress on my SAL while sitting in the garden.

socialsue

Mabel Figworthy wrote:Murmured, are they Caron threads? I Caron Impressions! (that's their silk/wool mix)

Yes! The multicoloured cotton is a caron watercolours (pistachio nut), and the pale brown is a caron impressions. I've used impressions before and I love it!

The blue thread is vineyard silk classic, with the beautiful colour name 'illusion', a thread I have also used before and loved! I can't wait to get started.

What a fantastic SAL !!! I love the pattern and everyone's own take on it is awesome! I wish I'd stumbled upon this thread earlier.

I'm not sure if I can get the magazine in Canada. Would anyone be willing to send me their copy when they are done? I would love to stitch this.

Socialsue, yours is lovely as well. So many beautiful colours!

Wow! All the variations are so pretty!

Murmured wrote:The multicoloured cotton is a caron watercolours (pistachio nut) [...]
The blue thread is vineyard silk classic

Oooh that'll be interesting, I've stitched with both but both are quite thick and so i really had to find the right fabric/count/type of stitch for them. Have you found them at all tricky to use because of their thickness?
(Although as far as I remember you can separate the vineyard silk into two strands, but it's still quite chunky!)

Sorry I got all excited about the silks and forgot to say how much I enjoy seeing all those different versions develop! Great to see the different choices in fabric and colours, and it's especially nice to see all those variegated threads, it can be a bit tricky to think what to use them for but don't they look great here!

haha Mabel. I think we've all learned you have a passion for silks
Faith

Mabel Figworthy wrote: Oooh that'll be interesting, I've stitched with both but both are quite thick and so i really had to find the right fabric/count/type of stitch for them. Have you found them at all tricky to use because of their thickness?
(Although as far as I remember you can separate the vineyard silk into two strands, but it's still quite chunky!)

Yes you can separate the vineyard silk into two strands. It is still quite thick, definitely thicker than two strands of DMC which is what I would usually use to stitch on 32ct. However I have stitched with it on 32ct before and didn't find it too bulky for the fabric, just slightly bulky in comparison with the other stitches I was using. However as this is chart is all about celebrating STASH I think the differences between the different types of threads will be exciting!

I haven't stitched with the watercolours before, so I'm not sure how that will work out. It does look quite thick, but it will be an experiment celebrating my stash

Spend a couple more hours stitching while watching the soccer game !

socialsue

It is worth having this World Cup, isn't it?

I have just scrolled back, and realised that I haven't seen Xandra's version before, must have missed it somehow. Xandra, yours is superb as well. What count is that waste canvas? I have been thinking about trying it out for a while now...

Looks really good!!!!!