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Thursday 18 August 2011

30 days challenge

Firstly welcome to my new followers and thank you for all your kind comments on my work.

I made great guns on the purple extravaganza yesterday and I'm very pleased with how it looks so far. I've finished the cross stitching on top of the biscornu, so I just need to back stitch. It's a celtic design so needs the backstitch for the definition of the knotwork. The bottom is much simpler so wont take long to stitch. DS helped choose the colours and I must say he has a very good eye for colour.

So to the title of this post. whilst reading Laura's blog Cute Crocheted Creations I came across a post with a 30 days of crocheting. I loved the idea and there doesn't appear to be one I could find based on stitching. I read through the questions on CCC and thought that alot could be applied to stitching too. I've re written all the questions, adding in a few of mine where the question couldn't be made to be stitching related and here goes for my 30 day challenge:

Day 1: What was your first finished project?

My first finished project was an Eeyore design by Designer Stitches. I saw it in a catalogue and thought wonder if I could cross stitch? apparently I could! It came as a pair and I made a fair few mistakes on it. I had no idea about fractionals and no one to ask so I had to frog a fair bit. Dividing the threads seemed barmy to me, but I did do it and looking at it now I don't think it was a bad effort. The pair hang on the wall in DD's pink palace now.

5 comments:

  1. Did somebody say PURPLE? Gets my vote! Looking forward to seeing a photo

    Happy Friday

    Kathyk

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  2. Great idea to make the 30 questions about stitching! My first piece of stitching was a little table mat on about 10 count that I did at school when I was about 7! I think my Mum still has it somewhere!!! I look forward to following your 30 day challenge :D

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  3. ok not too sure why the pic of eeyore wasn't there, or the link to CCC either. i stitched one of those mats too when i was about 7 aswell. i remember the binca was a sort of dove grey. no idea what happened to it. it used to sit in the china cabinet with grandads clock on top.

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  4. hi, lovely idea to make 30 question.
    my first piece of stitching is a local south africa kit of table mountain...of 11 count...and i made so many goffyness when i stitched it..lol..
    very sweet challenge:)
    love and hugs xx

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  5. I have no clue what my first one was, I used to go to a craft club when I was little and I was probably around seven when I first stitched something.

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