My first big project Chrysella in Graphite 17/02/10

[burgundyice]

I love Maxine Gadd's designs, this one looks great! Interesting to hear how many lilacs and pinks are in there though!

Louise

[Mabel Figworthy]

Oh you picked the graphite one to start on, goody, that was my favourite from your list! It's strange to think there are so many colours to make up a "monochrome" picture, but at least it won't get boring

[Lessa54]

This is such a beautiful picture and a great start

[bluenoseshelley]

well my threads havent arrived in the post yet so ive only done black so far but that is the main colour all the way round it anyway i will post a picture when i finish the black one page one which should be very soon so far im loving every minute on this design but that might change lol

[ally]

hi,
wow thats stunning.
And sooo big.


ally

[Kirstylou]

lovely design cant wait to see it grow

[katiebeth]

That is really big I can't wait to see another update!

[ali-cat]

What a stunning project!! Looking forward to all the photo updates!

What size will the finished piece be??? My mind is boggling!!

[bluenoseshelley]

finished size is going to be 19 x 25 1/2 inches as im doing it on 14 count aida so far i am still waiting for my stash of threads to come through so im getting on with as much black outline as i can which is a good idea considering there are 15 skiens of the stuff used in this might im really loving it so far here is all the black from page one i have now gone on to page two

[kazzi29]

wow thats really good hun! cant wait to see how the details look filled in
how many pages is this one?

[burgundyice]

This is looking great!!

Louise

[Nachstenliebe]

What a shame you're still waiting on your threads!!!! Fortunatly it hasn't hindered your progress. I think it looks pretty cool all outlined in black... it would be nice to have the pic above and then the pic with the color added side by side.. but I'm a weirdo like that
Faith

[kell]

I love the outlining too (I'm doing that with my Charlie's Ark piece - sort of an Assissi Charlie waiting to be brought to life within the picture I've stitched around him - LOL!).

[vanessanjf]

Great start

[~threadbear~]

I seemed to have mised seeing this one, but it's going great, well done!

[bluenoseshelley]

here is another photo update on this i still havent put any colours in this i have decided to do as much background as i can and then do the colours last thought it might be a fun way to do it i have done all black from page two now except one bit and gone across all the way to show the width of it doing this inbetween umbrella sky and afew other projects

this is close up of the length

[pamelam]

That's amazing

[karen4bells]

Way to go Michelle!! That's a lot of stitching!! Looks really nice so far

[Rose]

Very intereesting way to stitch this but the anticipation of getting on with the detail must be killing you.

[bluenoseshelley]

it is a little but there is that much black border in this i thought i might as well get on with it i have the reward of my other more colourful projects too so it shouldnt be too much of a struggle