Re: Map of the Lakes
Posted: Thu Sep 09, 2010 10:27 pm
Looking sooooooooooooo nice!! 
Hope you have a super holiday 
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Map of the Lakes
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Looking sooooooooooooo nice!! Hope you have a super holiday Re: Map of the Lakes
Posted: Thu Sep 09, 2010 11:32 pm
This project is looking good!!!
Re: Map of the Lakes
Posted: Fri Sep 10, 2010 12:45 am
Great progress! Enjoy your holiday!
Enjoy your holiday! Re: Map of the Lakes
Posted: Fri Sep 10, 2010 11:15 am
It's coming on nicely. And compared to me, you're a super speedy stitcher 
Re: Map of the Lakes
Posted: Fri Sep 10, 2010 11:49 am
It's looking great!
Faith
Faith
Re: Map of the Lakes
Posted: Fri Sep 10, 2010 11:51 am
It's coming along very well, lovely progress.
Hope you have a fabulous holiday!
Hope you have a fabulous holiday!
Re: Map of the Lakes
Posted: Fri Sep 10, 2010 11:57 am
Great progress, its looking great! Enjoy your holiday:)
Re: Map of the Lakes
Posted: Fri Sep 10, 2010 3:38 pm
Re: Map of the Lakes
Posted: Sat Sep 11, 2010 6:02 pm
Re: Map of the Lakes
Posted: Sat Sep 11, 2010 7:46 pm
Slow or fast - what does it matter so long as you enjoy it? Anyway, it's looking great - and have a great holiday, too!
Anyway, it's looking great - and have a great holiday, too!Re: Map of the Lakes
Posted: Sat Sep 11, 2010 10:59 pm
It's not a race, just enjoy it
Re: Map of the Lakes
Posted: Sat Sep 11, 2010 11:03 pm
I love these maps. And if anyone is by Bassenthwaite Lake, I highly recommend the Pheasant Inn. They believe in clean rooms and rum butter. yum!
Re: Map of the Lakes
Posted: Sun Sep 12, 2010 5:39 am
It's coming along great! Enjoy your holiday!
Re: Map of the Lakes - FINISHED! 18th October 2010
Posted: Mon Oct 18, 2010 10:43 pm
My first finish on the forum!
(Needs washing and ironing yet but I was so excited that I'd finished!)
I meant to post an update when I got back from my holiday but didn't have time for the first week, and when I looked at it I thought "I can get this done". I'd finished all the individual motifs and just had the border, backstitching and French knots to do.
My big thanks go to Elle on here (already thanked on another thread but worth repeating here!). I was planning to replace the French knots with seed beads as I've been unable to do French knots for years. I could do them when I was younger - I have an embroidery I did when I was about 11 or 12 and there are LOADS on them and I know I didn't have any help with that, but since I started stitching again, about 15 years ago, I've just had this mental block with them.
Anyway, Elle posted a video from another site with a demonstration of how to do them and something just clicked and I figured it out. Sounds like such a small, silly thing, I know, but in a way, the French knots are more of an achievement for me just now because they've been such a long time coming!
This is a present for my grandma, aged 96 and still going strong, who, along with my grandpa, was the person who inspired a love of the Lake District in me and who I still ring every time I get to the top of another mountain so that she can help me admire the view!
(Needs washing and ironing yet but I was so excited that I'd finished!)
I meant to post an update when I got back from my holiday but didn't have time for the first week, and when I looked at it I thought "I can get this done". I'd finished all the individual motifs and just had the border, backstitching and French knots to do.
My big thanks go to Elle on here (already thanked on another thread but worth repeating here!). I was planning to replace the French knots with seed beads as I've been unable to do French knots for years. I could do them when I was younger - I have an embroidery I did when I was about 11 or 12 and there are LOADS on them and I know I didn't have any help with that, but since I started stitching again, about 15 years ago, I've just had this mental block with them.
Anyway, Elle posted a video from another site with a demonstration of how to do them and something just clicked and I figured it out. Sounds like such a small, silly thing, I know, but in a way, the French knots are more of an achievement for me just now because they've been such a long time coming!
This is a present for my grandma, aged 96 and still going strong, who, along with my grandpa, was the person who inspired a love of the Lake District in me and who I still ring every time I get to the top of another mountain so that she can help me admire the view!
Re: Map of the Lakes
Posted: Mon Oct 18, 2010 11:28 pm
Congratulations!!!!! Well done!
socialsue
socialsue
Re: Map of the Lakes
Posted: Tue Oct 19, 2010 12:45 am
Congrats on a beautiful finish!! Your grandma is going to love it! Re: Map of the Lakes
Posted: Tue Oct 19, 2010 1:47 am
Beautiful work!!!!!!!! Very well done.
Re: Map of the Lakes
Posted: Tue Oct 19, 2010 9:29 am
Congratulations lovely work
Re: Map of the Lakes
Posted: Tue Oct 19, 2010 11:52 am
Congratulations on an excellent finish; its quite lovely!!Re: Map of the Lakes
Posted: Tue Oct 19, 2010 11:56 am
Thanks everyone! I'll post another picture once I've had it framed, but I was too excited to wait