Jo's Sistine Chapel. Page 1 complete - 10th May.

[jocellogirl]

Here's the first progress picture.

I'm doing 2 over 1 on 22 count hardanger. It was started yesterday and due to having an ear infection and being very wobbly on my feet I've spent most of today sitting down. Well, I couldn't just sit there and do nothing could I

[destructiveernie]

Great start, it's going to be interesting watching these start from the top!!

Want to do more of mine now and not this stupid Celtic knot!!!

[backafteradozenyrs]

Great Start! (do you have an example of what the finished master piece will look like?)

I like your thinking on what-to-do when you can't get up out of your seat (but my reason is usually one of our 4-footed furry friends)

[rcperryls]

Great start. I am looking forward to your updates too. Will be interesting to see how ya'll progress. Truly an awesome project.

Hope you are feeling better soon. Earaches are not fun. Ever.

Carole

[Rose]

Great start!!!!! Realistically how long to you think this will take you to finish. It is going to be great.

[Raine]

Yay! This will be so fun to watch!

[coffee_freak]

[Squirrel]

Great start on this glorious one. Hope the ear infection goes away but what an ideal way to spend the time.

Sally

[megan_bright]

Great start!! I can't wait to watch this one unfold!

[Mabel Figworthy]

That's a very substantial start! Congratulations, and hope the wobbles will soon improve (or would you prefer to keep the wobbles if they give you more stitching time ?)

[Mrs Milkybar Kid]

Great start Jo !

[Lessa54]

Great start

[XstitchLB]

Great start! can't wait for the next update

[gyork]

super start, looking forward to more updates

[Nachstenliebe]

Nope.. You did the right thing Can't just sit there! It's looking love so far! And the coverage is looking great! 22 is kind of hard to tell if you want to do one over 1 or two over one.. Two is looking great!
Faith

[vanessanjf]

You have made a great start

[OctoberLace]

Great start, Jo! I'm glad you're stitching this, too. I found it to have lots of confetti, but still an enjoying stitch. It's nice, too, to have others sharing the journey on this one. Theresa

[karen4bells]

this is really going to be great to watch!! What a fabulous project and a very nice start! I hope you are feeling better soon

[jocellogirl]

Thanks for all the nice comments, I've been looking forward to starting this for ages and I'm really enjoying it.
To answer a couple of questions

do you have an example of what the finished master piece will look like?

This isn't the best picture but it's the one from the HAED site

Realistically how long to you think this will take you to finish.

I've done some calculations;
The design is 350 stitches wide by an eyewatering 997 stitches long, equals 348,950 stitches in total. The approximately 900 stitches I've done so far have taken roughly 9 hours, so 100 stitches per hour is 3,490 hours. If I manage to stitch 3 hours every day that's 1,163 days, which is roughly 3.2 years. That's never going to happen, so I recon about 5 years. I'm 44 next week and my aim is to finish it by the time I'm 50 !!!
ETA. The doc gave me some antibiotics for the ear and I'm feeling much better today, thank you

[Parksfarm]

Great start Jo!