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Thursday, 4 February 2021

In The Gloaming - 30 hours

Hi all!

I had a fantastic stitching month in January, completing all my 'compulsory' pieces, finishing three WIPs, AND making a fair amount of progress on In The Gloaming by Whispered By The Wind. I think I'll name it Jolly-rific January!

I last stitched on In The Gloaming for Dark October, leaving it here after just over 20 hours of progress:


This ten hours was enough time to finish the top half and make a good start on the bottom half; gotta love how some of the birds are sitting on an invisible fence!



Here's a reminder of how the finished piece will look:



You may remember that I used one strand of normal DMC and one strand of Etoile for the moon and thought it looked a bit pale against the fabric? Well, instead of frogging and restitching it all I simply backstitched around it in a slightly darker Etoile. I think it's just about enough of a difference to make it satisfactory - it's more visible in real life.

As for the remainder, my intention is to stitch all of the monument before the wrought iron railings, not only because the railings are the bits I'm looking forward to the most, but because they will contain Etoile which I absolutely LOVE stitching with. In my humble opinion, I'm definitely saving the best to last!

Take care,
Rachel x

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8 comments:

  1. Mary - Lecoeurceltique4 February 2021 at 11:27

    Those ten hours made a difference to this design. Lots of progress.

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  2. Jo who can't think of a clever nickname4 February 2021 at 19:42

    This is looking fabulous! The moon does show up too.
    I think it's the right decision to stitch the monument first, the railings are in front of it so the stitches should be "on top" if that makes sense!

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  3. Linda4 February 2021 at 20:54

    Great progress Rachel. I really like this piece.

    Linda

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  4. Clare-Aimetu5 February 2021 at 08:41

    It's looking great Rachel, the moon is perfect now, you can hear in your writing that you are enjoying this project.

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  5. Katie6 February 2021 at 21:26

    Fantastic progress! Don't blame you for saving your favorite part for the last bit.

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  6. Faith...10 February 2021 at 00:22

    The moon does stand out more now! You made great progress on this piece. I always like saving the best part until last too.

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  7. Astrids dragon12 February 2021 at 16:04

    The birds are coming to roost, they look great!
    Yes, the moon is more visible with the outline, looks good.

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  8. Leonore Winterer14 February 2021 at 20:39

    Great progress! I love the birds and I'm sure the fence will be so much fun. I'd save it for last as well!

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