Sunday, 29 September 2019

Hogwarts In A Bottle - 100 hours

Good morning all!

I had a really successful time stitching on Hogwarts last week so have another update already! It's hard to believe I'm already 100 hours in... 100 hours! Doesn't time fly.....

As hoped, I filled in the gap between the buildings on the left and the right with the addition of more gloomy sky, a turret and some roofs. As you can see, I tend to jump around a lot when stitching so am not at all bothered by missing chunks, but I do like that it looks a bit tidier now.

Last time:


This time:



And the full piece:



I'm quite amazed at how well-defined the buildings are without the backstitching; it's so easy to distinguish one from another and pick out the windows, etc. Next time, before delving into more blues and browns, I'll be adding lots of backstitching. We all know what a difference backstitching can make but no doubt my jaw will still drop at the difference!

Take care,
Rachel x

8 comments:

Quilting Tangent said...

Looks great! Take pictures/tutorial showing how you do back stitching. So many people are afraid to try it.

Linda said...

Wonderful progress Rachel.

Linda

Cathy said...

It's looking better and better with each update. I'm looking forward to seeing more.

Faith... said...

Oh my, another GREAT 10 hours! It looks better every time I see it. Backstitching really does help and like you are doing I love doing it right away before waiting until the end.

Katie said...

Wow! Gorgeous progress. Fantastic work.

Renee said...

Wow! This is stunning. Beautiful work!

Leonore Winterer said...

Wow, that looks great! I'm sure it'll be even more awesome once you added the backstitching.

Jo who can't think of a clever nickname said...

Great work. I am really looking forward to the backstitch being added.