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the stitchy fairy sent me this as an early birthday pressie, it's my first time doing a stamped design and with different stitches, so watch this space i'll update as a have progress

What a pretty design! I'd like to hear how you get on with the printed stitching.

That's a very sweet design! Looking forward to your progress!

Oh that is an adorable picture!!!!!

That's a sweet design. What are the different stitches?

butterfly bodies and flower centers are satin stitch and then the bridle and the flower stalks are stem stitches and the rest are crosses

Very nice...looking forward to your updates!

Its a lovely project!

ok so after a hectic week i have finished the satin stitches which form the centers of the flowers and the butterfly bodies and am noe moving on to the cross stitch

Nice work with the satin stitch!

Thank you for sharing this project with us. I've never done stamped cross-stitch before, so this is fascinating to see. I'm looking forward to your updates.

Your stitching looks great! How are you enjoying doing stamped cross stitch so far? I did one about 27 years ago and really enjoyed the different types of stitches in it.

I haven't done a stamped since I was 18 and that was the only one.

It looks odd, but the satin stitches look lovely, pixxie.

Good work on the satin stitch!

thanks guys i'm not liking the stamped design at all, finding it really hard to line the crosses up properly, does anyone have any useful tips?

The only thing I could figure out to do was try really hard to make sure my needle entered right underneath the little stamped x. They seemed to line up a bit better that way but it was still hard.

Great job on the satin stitching!

Your satin stitches are very neat!!!!!! Great work so far.

Looking great so far. I feel for you. Stamped kits are a nightmare. If a stamped design had been my introduction to stitching, I would have never again picked up a needle. It's a beautiful design.

Wishing you bounties of patience and perseverance.....

I like the idea of mixing stitching styles into the design... Hopefully when you get into the swing of stitching it will be easier to get your X's in order
Faith

i thought that this might have ended up in a draw forever but i decided to get it out and try again, here's the progress so far