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Here is my update for the week on Butterflies Galore, almost finished page 2:

It is amazing how it feels like you are doing one stitch of what seems like every colour in the chart (which can't possibly produce anything!) that then transforms into a butterfly or a wisp of hair!

Beautiful, she is lovely!!

Oops, I missed your lovely HAED butterfly finish! Beautiful work and you've made a great job on the cards, so pretty. Butterflies Galore is very pretty too, keep up the great work.

Lovely update.

Great update. You are making fantastic progress. I am always amazed when confetti turns into what it is supposed to look like. I often start recounting because I am sure I must be off and then all of a sudden a picture seems to emerge. This one you are doing has some gorgeous colors in it. Can't wait for the next update.

Carole

Very cool.. It's looking amazing!
Faith

Amazing!!! I love the beautiful colours

Very nice update!! Oh so full of color!

Gorgeous! I love the colors.

She looks wonderful!!!!!

Wow Amanda, you're really cruising along on this girl - great job! She looks so pretty!

My second HAED finish - stitched on 28ct Lilac Brittney 2 over 1 tent stitch. Started 25 July 2011 finished 8 November 2011 - though 80% was stitched in the last two weeks.

Now all I have to do is decide which charts I might like to have via the reward program which will run again at the end of December! As a reward for my finish I ordered a metre of Jobelan and some PTBs and perle threads that I need for CGM. Now I just need to get the DMCs sorted and all stash will be in place for my first Chatelaine. I guess in the meantime I could do some stitching on Starry Night with Tardis - seeing as I haven't touched it since August!

Starry Night is a good winter project, perhaps. Excellent finish, btw!

OMG Amanda, I can't believe how quickly you finished this girl! She is beautiful, you did a great job stitching her!

Lovely finish

Congratulations!

Wow!!! Very quick finish on this and it's gorgeous!! Congrats on a very nice finish!!

I can't believe how quickly you did this. Do you think the tent stitch made it go that much faster? She is beautiful. Congratulations on your second HAED finish. I think you gave yourself some great rewards too. I am looking forward to your updates on Starry Night and can't wait for you to get going on the Chatelaine.

Carole

Lovely finish

Thanks everyone!

Serinde wrote:Starry Night is a good winter project, perhaps. Excellent finish, btw!

That is a really excellent point Serinde - I think I will be more inclined to stitch it on cold winter nights!

rcperryls wrote: I can't believe how quickly you did this. Do you think the tent stitch made it go that much faster?
Carole

Tenting is definitely quicker when it comes to doing blocks of colour - but when it comes to confetti it is just as slow! I was unsure whether tenting sat right with me at first - but to be honest once a piece is framed and you look at it from a normal distance you would be hard pushed to tell whether is was tented or full cross! When I start Sunflower Bee some time next year I am very tempted to tent again - I have a metre of 28ct to use and my choices would be 1 over 1 full cross or 2 over 1 tent. Tenting means I can use a loop start so you can see why I'm leaning strongly toward it!!