Good morning one and all!
For Naughty November I started four new projects, all of which were fairly small and all of which I hoped to finish this year.
Well... guess what? I have!!
I actually finished the first two during November, but kept it quiet so that I could post all four finishes together. Here they all are after my first weekend of Naughty November progress and now completed:
Ornament 1
I made a couple of changes to this one. Firstly I ripped out the RIP and replaced the charted 3799 with 310 as I didn't think it stood out enough. And secondly I added Etoile to the moon. The moon was charted for 168 and 762 but for the lighter parts I combined 762 with C415 and for the darker parts 168 with C318. I'm really pleased with the way this all turned out:
Ornament 1 'Gravestone' from Moonrise by Whispered By The Wind
Stitched on 32ct Vintage Dark Grey Murano 2 over 2
Stitch count 47 wide by 56 high
Started - 6th November 2021
Finished - 11th November 2021
Total stitching time - 12 hours 55 minutes
For this one I stitched the moon as above, and in the fence substituted one strand of 3799 for one strand of Etoile 3799:
Ornament 2 'Fence' from Moonrise by Whispered By The Wind
Stitched on 32ct Vintage Dark Grey Murano 2 over 2
Stitch count 55 wide by 60 high
Started - 13th November 2021
Finished - 19th November 2021
Total stitching time - 13 hours 20 minutes
Ornament 3
For this one Etoile was added to the moon and the roofs of the house but, other than that, it's as charted:
Ornament 3 'Mansion' from Moonrise by Whispered By The Wind
Stitched on 32ct Vintage Dark Grey Murano 2 over 2
Stitch count 49 wide by 55 high
Started - 20th November 2021
Finished - 13th December 2021
Total stitching time - 12 hours 15 minutes
Ornament 4
This took a bit longer than anticipated, but I didn't mind as I absolutely loved stitching the memorial. Once again I added Etoile to the moon and also changed the colours of the memorial from the charted (darkest to lightest) 840, 841, 842 and 3866 to 167, 738, 3823 and 3865 respectively. I still think this would look good in greys so may stitch this again... one day!
Ornament 4 'Memorial' from Moonrise by Whispered By The Wind
Stitched on 32ct Vintage Dark Grey Murano 2 over 2
Stitch count 48 wide by 67 high
Started - 27th November 2021
Finished - 23rd December 2021
Total stitching time - 19 hours 35 minutes
I'm over the moon (no pun intended!) with all four pieces.
Now to work out how to FFO them. I'd like to do something different, and have an idea or two so need to go looking for some inspiration around that. Failing that, you'll see them FFOd as ornies!
Take care,
Rachel x
9 comments:
Congratulations on the Happy Dance for these four! They would look great as the four sides of a crypt box!
They look wonderful! I'm happy dancing with you!
Happy Dancing, they are lovely. I'm looking forward to seeing how you finish them.
They look great!!! Congrats on finishing them up.
They look great. Your changes worked well.
These are fantastic! Big congratulations on finishing them all this year and not adding to the WIP total for next year. #4 did take a while, but was so much fun. The gate is still my favourite though I think.
They all look fabulous Rachel. I see why you are over the moon with them. Congrats on the finishes.
Great job getting them all finished already - they look great, I love the subtle sparkle you added to each one.
They ALL look fantastic! I'm looking forward to seeing how you finish them.
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