Hello everyone! Needle has been flying in order to have some decent progress to show for the SAL. I worked on “Getting Ready” for a full week, putting in about 2 hours of stitching each evening. This is a kit by Design Works, and adapted from a painting by Ronald West.
In order to admire progress, here’s a “before” photo from 6th May.
And “after”
Not bad, eh? I’ve been concentrating on the second waiter but also adding a few other colours when I got bored of stitching with white & greys. The tub of flowers on the right has a few leaves . . . the vase to the left is beginning to take shape . . . and the green shutters in the middle. No backstitch added this time as I’d like to complete this big chunk and then bring it to life.
I’m now off to see what my fellow SAL stitchers have been up to on their various projects.
Avis, Gun, Carole, LucyAnn, Kate, Jess, Sue, Constanze, Debbierose, Christina,
Kathy, Margaret, Cindy, Helen, Steph, Linda, Mary Margaret,
Heidi, Jackie, Sunny, Hayley, Tony, Megan, Timothy
Next update on 17th June.
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Great progress, love this – it makes me smile every time 🙂
yes it’s a quirky piece
Incredible progress, love this piece, always makes me happy.
me too. I do pity those waiters having to carry that buxom lady around on their shoulders!
Great progress coming along nicely
thanks Lucy
The end looks to be in sight – well done!
the end is actually still a long way away, but I’m getting there slowly
Well done Claire!
thank you Mary Margaret ^^
Oh gosh, you’ve made huge progress! It’s looking great!
Wow, what a lot of work you’ve done, and it really shows!
You made some quick progress there, Claire, it is looking great!
Great progress! It is looking great.
Aha! The second waiter is no longer completely legless LOL
You must have had sparks flying off your needle! Well done 🙂
Wow – for saying you were busy with other projects you seem to have gone wild with this. Think we saw the smoke from France when you needles caught fire lol. I was flicking between yours and Avis’s to compare and really the only big bits you have left to do are the carpet and the tablecloth. The rest looks to be all bitty little pieces – though they often take the most time. A couple more sessions and you will be putting your dance shoes on.
Wow, that’s a lot of progress! Good for you! And let me offer my condolences on the loss of Merlin. Losing a pet is so hard, they truly are members of our families. Too bad he wasn’t like his namesake, growing younger with the passage of time instead of older (according to some versions of the legend anyway).
Wow, really great progress! Great idea to work on some colorful parts when you need the motivation 🙂
Your needles has been hot! That is a pretty design. I joined Stitch Maynia and instead of all new starts I have mostly been working on my WIPS. I am doing a different wip for the entire month of May.
Wow you are really making great progress.
That’s a lot of stitching finished!
Wow! I love those guys and you have really done a great progress!!!
You’ve made so much progress — really wonderful to see how this is coming together. I’m also so sorry for your loss — Merlin looks like he was a lovely cat.
Lots of progress! This is really growing nicely
Some serious effort gone into that piece! Nice one 👍 Do you have a spot lined up in your home to hang it when it’s done?
looking wonderful Claire