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Bet you're all wondering about the title. You will never guess what I found in my cupboard! A Mystic Stitch chart!!!!!!!!!!!

I don't even remember buying it, but obviously I must have because no one else would have bought it for me. I certainly didn't buy it since I have been a member of this forum (about 18 months). So much upheaval and excitement and stress has gone on in my life since I moved to my flat (2006) that I just can't remember it.

Anyway..... ta daaaaaa!


I can see WHY I bought this - he's stunning and I love Native American things - I just don't remember doing it!

Gosh, when am I ever going to find time to stitch it! Maybe I can work it into my rotation somehow later in the year - or use it as a replacement for the Mermaid which will only take 5 sessions in my rotation to finish. How exciting! A wonderful chart I never even knew I had!!!! If stitched on 14 count (I think I would choose 28 count evenweave) it measures 10 x 14 inches so it's not gigantic like a HAED. It's got about 70 colours in it though. The rate I'm going, I'll end up with so many things on the go my I will take about 2 months to do a single rotation of everything!

ooooooooooh such a wonderful chart. I bet you were well chuffed when you found it!

That's going to be stunning when it's done. How exciting!

wow, thats brilliant!!
See cleaning out cupboards does sometimes pay off!!

That is a really pretty design. Hope to see it rotating soon.

Wow what a find! How exciting!! Maybe I should look through my folders and boxes, there might be something I've totally forgotten about there too!!
Will look forward to seeing how this stitches up; I've just done a full round of my rotations and that was just over a month & a half!

Louise

Louise, I think my rotation round will be at LEAST a month and a half, hahaha! Bubble is first and a page of that takes about 8 days. Then Floatilla - another week (larger areas of colour ). Then Pescatus - about 10 days. Then Mermaid - I do 1 and 3/4 pages of this so I get a whole row done each time, so about 2 weeks for that one. Then a page of the Fractal - about another 8 days. What are we up to? About 45 days I think. So if I add this lovely Indian and also Tree of Life which I got for Christmas, we're upto 2 months. So I might actually finish something by my 40th birthday if I'm lucky (I'm 38).

Well.. if you bought the chart before 2006 then it mostly definitely qualifies as a UFO, so you could stitch it during UFO week!

(i love my logic!)

kerbear879 wrote:Well.. if you bought the chart before 2006 then it mostly definitely qualifies as a UFO, so you could stitch it during UFO week!

(i love my logic!)

Perfect logic

Another fab project you have fabulous taste!

Oh wow, what a lovely find..... I'm off to sort through my cupboards now!!!

That is beautiful. WOW, it must have taken a long time to do.

kerbear879 wrote:Well.. if you bought the chart before 2006 then it mostly definitely qualifies as a UFO, so you could stitch it during UFO week!

Wow, what a great idea! I might have to do that - although it won't be February UFO week as I don't have fabric for it yet.

What a lovely find

Could it become your morning stitch since you say it's not as big as your other pieces? I bet it won't take you long anyway whatever place you allot it in your stitching timetable.

Lessa, I think having it for a morning project would probably be a good idea. I'm thinking that after all, I might not do UFO week for a while now as I don't really have any on the go that can be classed as UFOs and I don't want to interrupt my rotation to do it.

I'm working on Mabel's Stash-a-holic sampler in the mornings at the moment and after that's done I will be doing the Easter Egg swap. Then I will see if I can run to a piece of fabric for the Indian. The design has about 28,000 stitches in it so it's roughly the size of the Predator project I did a year ago. Tiny compared to a HAED!

I think I will make some effort to list a few things on ebay at the weekend too - if I can make some extra cash I can have more fabric sooner! I have a motorbike headlight and clutch to sell which should fetch about £50!!!

WOO HOO! I have sold 2 handbag charms on ebay! The buyers have already paid up so I paid my ebay fees first and had a few pounds spare - so I have ordered a fat quarter of light coffee coloured 28 count evenweave to stitch this on. I didn't think I would be able to get it so soon. It means that when I have finished Mabel's sampler and the Easter Egg swap I will be able to start this in the mornings!

What a great find! Surprises like that are the best sort.

Nice find and its a lovely design