Tree of Stitches & The Great Escape UPDATE - 17th Aug

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Re: Tree of Stitches & The Great Escape UPDATE - 16th MAR

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This will be a fine piece of embroidery when complete. :applesauce:
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Re: Tree of Stitches & The Great Escape UPDATE - 16th MAR

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Part twelve didn't take long. There's just one more mouse. He's encouraging the first one to escape from that owl.

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There's also a beetle peeking out from the log. There's another beetle to the far left. He's running off and is almost at the edge of the design. I can't say I'm usually that keen on beetles, or any creepy crawlies, but these weren't too bad. I did them in a bit of left over silk from the same kit as the silk that I did the mice in.

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I'm all caught up again now but I suspect that the next part will be available very soon. Can't wait. I'm loving this :)
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Re: Tree of Stitches & The Great Escape UPDATE - 19th MAR

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:applesauce: This is so pretty and you are doing such a great job. It shows that you love doing it. How many parts are there to the whole design?

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Re: Tree of Stitches & The Great Escape UPDATE - 19th MAR

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:wub: It's looking great. And I love the description you put about your stitching. It really made it all come to life
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Re: Tree of Stitches & The Great Escape UPDATE - 19th MAR

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Beautiful work Carole :wub: :wub: !
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Re: Tree of Stitches & The Great Escape UPDATE - 19th MAR

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:dance: :dance: :dance: totally fantastic stitching!! :applesauce:
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Re: Tree of Stitches & The Great Escape UPDATE - 19th MAR

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Carole wrote:
I'm all caught up again now but I suspect that the next part will be available very soon. Can't wait. I'm loving this :)

I'm not surprised!! There's so much going on to keep your interest!

Beautiful neat stitching! :applesauce:

I nearly signed up for this one, too but chickened out once I started the TOS! :roll:

Seeing yours progress is the next best thing though! :wub:
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Re: Tree of Stitches & The Great Escape UPDATE - 19th MAR

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rcperryls wrote::applesauce: This is so pretty and you are doing such a great job. It shows that you love doing it. How many parts are there to the whole design?
Thank you :)
I've no idea how many parts it's going to be split into. There's quite a bit more to do - flowers, a sign post, a spider, the moon and more. So much fun :)
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Re: Tree of Stitches & The Great Escape UPDATE - 19th MAR

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Such a nifty design!!!!! :applesauce: :applesauce:
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Re: Tree of Stitches & The Great Escape UPDATE - 19th MAR

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Looks amazing!
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Re: Tree of Stitches & The Great Escape UPDATE - 19th MAR

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Great work, and such fun animals!
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Re: Tree of Stitches & The Great Escape UPDATE - 19th MAR

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Wonderful project!! You are doing so well with it :applesauce: :applesauce: :applesauce:
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Re: Tree of Stitches & The Great Escape UPDATE - 19th MAR

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Wonderful! Each part makes it look better. :applesauce:
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Re: Tree of Stitches & The Great Escape UPDATE - 19th MAR

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I love the colours you have chosen for this one....and your stitching looks absolutley perfect.....well done :applesauce: :applesauce: Can't wait to see part 13!
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Re: Tree of Stitches & The Great Escape UPDATE - 19th MAR

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I am loving your updates too, this is such an interesting one. :applesauce: Great stitching and just love it all.

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Re: Tree of Stitches & The Great Escape UPDATE - 19th MAR

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your work on this is so perfect! i'm glad you like doing it...it really shows.

i guess this makes you a master stitcher!!! :applesauce:

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Re: Tree of Stitches & The Great Escape UPDATE - 19th MAR

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I completely missed part thirteen being released so this is a bit late getting done. I now have flowers in the moonlight though. I've done them in two slightly different off-white shades, using overdyes.

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The lower flower is Star stitch and the upper one is Tied Windmill stitch. Both were easy enough to do, but time consuming as I was trying to get the threads to lay flat and parallel, plus I'm a bit obsessive about double-checking to get the placement right. I have just ordered a trolley needle which I'm hoping will speed up and help when it comes to this type of stitch.

I'm just about to start part fourteen so I'll post a pic of the whole thing when I do the next update in a couple of days.
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Re: Tree of Stitches & The Great Escape UPDATE - 19th APR

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:applesauce: that is lovely. I love both the stitches but the tied windmill is so dainty I really like it a lot.

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Re: Tree of Stitches & The Great Escape UPDATE - 19th APR

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Really awesome work!!!!!!!! :applesauce:
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Re: Tree of Stitches & The Great Escape UPDATE - 19th APR

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Awwww. I love this owl! Your stitching is fabulous!
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