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I'm coming out of lurkdom to post my latest project. Last time I checked in (early Sept), I was working on Harvest Basket and making good headway when life got busy and I stopped stitching. My husband noticed and suggested maybe a new project would get me going again and that I should be watching the mail for a surprise He said he came across a great butterfly kit and almost bought it but after reading reviews he noticed the background was printed on the fabric rather than stitched so he kept looking and surprised me with Butterfly Forest by Dimensions! Well, I have to say it did the trick and I have been making time (late at night and early mornings to work on this one).
Here is the pattern:


And here is my progress since starting on Sept 20:

Butterfly Forest Cross-Stitch by CalicoCreative, on Flickr
I have done a lot of Dimensions kits but this is the first time I had the misfortune of getting a really bad piece of fabric with the kit (skewed and had a flaw in it) so I replaced the 14 ct Aida with some 18ct I had on hand.

Lovely project and a great start on it!! What a sweet hubby you have

cute project! nice to hear from you

lovely project to be working on

Looks like a great start on a lovely design! How sweet of your hubby to do this and get your stitchy bug home! Looking forward to your updates!

Carole

What a wonderful husband to know just what you need! I love that design; I've seen it and have been close to buying it several times (sometimes I do listen to the voices in my head that say, "Really? Another one?"). As far as switching out the fabric...I do that with probably 75% of the kits I purchase.

Welcome back from lurkdom.

This is beautiful! Your husband has really good taste! You're so lucky to have him.

Top Marks to Hubby for finding this lovely design.

Your are making really good progress on this one Calico and no wonder as it is such a lovely one. Sorry that the fabric in the kit was so bad - hope you returned it to them and got a replacement for your stash.
Looking forward to the next update.

Very pretty!

Really beautifull!

A beautiful project, look forward to seeing more butterflies!

What an astute hubby you have! Top marks for him.

Great stitching.

Well done hubby! Its a really gorgeous design and you've made a super start lovely stitching

What a wonderful design and a great hubby you have.....I hope my fiancee does that for me when I lose my stitchy bug!

Your husband sounds really lovely and sensitive and you are making a lovely job of a beautiful kit.

This is a gorgeous kit, I actually almost bought this same one today! Looks great so far, you have such nice stitching Makes me long for spring...

The colors are stunning !!!!! Beautiful project & great hubby too !!!

Love this design! Nice job!

Update! I finished the first of 2 pages and I love working on this! I am, however going to put it aside for a bit to work on a new Santa kit I got this week.

beautiful, very very beautiful!!! can't wait to see what your santa kit looks like!!