Despite it being International Hermit & Stitch Weekend I didn't make much progress as I was at work Friday, Sunday and Monday!
I focused on the Discworld Mappe and did enough to make the heraldic hippo recognisable. Here's where the project was at the beginning of the weekend:
And here's where it is today:
stitched on 32 count Murano custom dyed by Sparklies
The other project I stitched on was Alice & the Flamingo by Mrs Peggotty. Here's what Alice looked like last IHSW:
And here is how she looks now:
stitched over 1 on 25 count blue evenweave
Face, dress and a lot more flamingo. Where the thread is going off the right is the start of the final column of pages. I have to print them off so I can continue sideways. I don't work in full pages as I don't want lines and ridges in the stitching.
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Finally, the next IHSW will be 17th - 19th August so make sure you note the date in your diary or come and join us in the Facebook Group - IHSW on Facebook. If you don't do Facebook then you can check in here or on Joysze's Blog - Random Ramblings.
19 comments:
Oh yes, much better with backstitching! He's cute!
Alice looks great with a face, bring on the flamingo.
Great progress on your Alice piece!
Alice looks quite lovely with that pretty face!!
I didn't get enough to even claim progress haha. I just love your adorable hippo!! Alice is looking great too.
The curse of IHSW again! I always have the busiest weekend when it comes round. Next month will be no exception as we have a family birthday to celebrate on the 17th.
A flying hippo....of course!
Great stitching Jo ,Love Alice.
Good progress on the projects
Oh yes, now the hippo can be recognized. It's awesome what you got stitched in spite of having to work.
Hippo hippo hooray! (Sorry, couldn't help it)
Alice is looking fabulous
Love watching your progress.
So much work during IHSW can't be fun! You made some nice progress still.
Well, phooey to work getting in the way of IHSW! But you still got a lot done. Loving the subtle colours in Alice. :)
Amazing work and progress as always Jo. RJ
Wow! I'm amazed at all you got done on Alice, Jo! She is really growing up to be a darling girl :)
Great progress on the hippo and Alice, considering you were so busy this weekend! x
Oh yes, nice to see the hippo, and, wow, you got a lot done on Alice! She’s looking sweet!
Ugh! I didn’t realise this was IHSW weekend and only finished making a mini lavender sachet and stitched a little more of my Bee cross stitch kit.
Hugs,
Barbara x
Beautiful stitching!
Great progress, you are putting in some stitch’s, even being busy you got in some great stitching.
Catherine
Iunno, I kind of liked all the random guesses, like a smokey snake! I like Alice's bow. Now that I see more of her, she's really quite color coordinated!
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