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

[Carole]

Where does one go to learn how to do these stitches and how hard is it?

This is the first time that I've done anything like this myself and the first time that I've done most of these stitches. They aren't hard once you know how to do them.

Abi will be selling the design on her website at Bee's Needleworks in a few weeks and her instructions are superb. You get the chart, plus diagrams and instructions for each speciality stitch, and alternatives for some stitches. There were a couple of stitches that I found slightly more fiddly but none that I thought were difficult to master.
Plus, it was great fun and very satisfying.

[Sandz27]

What a stunningly gorgeous owl well done with all those specialty stitches...
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[tiffstitch]

Wow!! That looks fantastic!!

[Carole]

This has been on one side for a while as I've been waiting for beads. I wanted to wait until I was ordering the next monthly Cottage as I didn't want to pay postage on just a couple of tubs of seed beads.

It's all finished now though, beads and all. Part eighteen was the moon, some stars and three moths. The moths needed beads for their bodies, their wings are in Rhodes stitch and the rest is backstitch. The moon is a version of Jessica stitch and I used some silk to do the stars, which are in Star stitch. That was supposed to be a pulled stitch but I wanted it to look a bit fuller so I didn't pull. They look quite shiny in the silk.



Then I just needed to add a few silvery beads in three lots of the flowers. After a bit of fiddling I worked out how to get them to all sit the same way up. Good practise for when I bead Around the World



And this is the finished piece. It's not perfect but as it was my first attempt at any of these specialist stitches, I'm rather pleased with it. And I love that owl.



Thanks for looking and for all the encouragement!

I'm hoping to get Tree of Stitches back out now and get some more done on that while I'm on a roll

[karen4bells]

That really looks fantastic!! I may have to try and start on mine again someday--I gave up on it early on, but seeing your finish really has me thinking again

[rcperryls]

That is beautiful Carole. If this was practice you have certainly learned it all very well. The beads are done wonderfully. Great job.

Carole

[geekishly]

This is so pretty. It's hard to believe that a lot of those stitches were the first time you tried them!

[Rose]

Oh this is so cool, I love how it came out!!!!!! Congratulations on a super job!!!!!

[millymolly]

What a beatutiful finish really like this one

[Mrs Milkybar Kid]

Gorgeous finish Carole - I love your TGE and found all your pics so helpful when I was stitching mine up! I look forward to seeing your finished TOS - that one will be a breeze now you've finished TGE!

[Ceitidh]

It turned out really well, your stitching looks great.

[wendywombat]

That is Fantastic!!
Well Done!

The beads on the moths are great!!
looks pretty near darn perfect to me!!


must get my TOS out again!

[calico]

This is absolutely gorgeous! You did a fantastic job on it with all that fancy stuff!

[vanessanjf]

Fantastic finish

[wayne3rd]

I love this!! so cool I love all the specialty stitches and definitely will be buying this design when it comes up for sale (Just went on the site, it's not there yet )

Great finish

Wayne

[Squirrel]

FANTASTIC It is absolutely amazing and a credit to your perseverence and patience. Well Done.

[kinley626]

Congratulations on your amazing finish.

[Lessa54]

That's a stunning finish - Around the World is going to be so simple after that!

[nachosmiley]

Your TGE has turned out gorgeous!! Can't wait to see your tree with a mini owl soon!