Ok, I'm now convinced that if a cross stitch piece can be cursed, then this one is. For sure! After promising that it would hit the trash can if I had to rip it out again, sure enough I discovered that I was one stitch off in the outline of the large motif on the right. Now normally one stitch here or there would bother me. I would fudge around it (that's why I ALWAYS stitch the border of anything last). But in this case one stitch was a disaster. I didn't discover it until I began the small motifs on its left side. I couldn't make the last one work so I started counting. And counting again. I then discovered I had made one side of the diamond one stitch too small. Now I suppose I could have just moved the smaller motif or made it even smaller but then I realized that this mistake would keep on affecting the rest of the design to the right. It would only keep getting worse. So I sat there and tried to talk myself into chucking it. I just couldn't do it. It had to come out. So after about an hour and a half, I was back to where I had begun my evening. But once I fixed it, I was quite happy with the results. I tried to post earlier but my camera wouldn't take a clear picture. It kept wanting to make it all fuzzy. I just figured that whatever had cursed this design was just trying to prevent me from displaying it. Then I realized my camera was on the wrong setting. I figure not too much else can go wrong, can it??
I do need to get working on the China design for Chris. I need to allow enough time to have it framed and sent to Minneapolis. I need two weeks for the framing. I just realized it's probably not going to happen. His birthday present will just be a little late this year. Hopefully by the time I go to Nashville in early February, it will be on its way.
9 comments:
The piece is coming out beautiful. I love your determination to keep doing this one.... I got your back on this one and am your cheerleader to keep your modivation up.... GO BETTE GO!!!!
You can do it, yes you can! I hate it when a goof keeps on goofing... Your piece looks beautiful!
Keep it up!
~~Martha~~
That is beautiful, what design is it?
After all that it is looking good.
Kudos to you keeping at it.!
Hi Bette - I think you may be my twin. I picked up Cirque de Carreaux at my needlework store last week. And
"Autumnal Abstract" I drolled over that for months before I finally bought it form the U.K.
Kathy A
Dani, it's Cirque des Carreaux from Ink Circles. It's a companion piece to her Cirque des Cercles and Cirque des Triangles. And Kathy, looking at your profile, it seems like we do have quite a lot in common. Glad to "meet" you!
looking good Bette! I would have chucked it myself! after all that frustration, then i probably would have grabbed it out and fixed it. LOL I still need to work on my Cirque de Triangles. ugh
Oh, I can so sympathize! It looks beautiful, though. Hopefully, you're getting all the mistakes in early and then it will be smooth stitching the rest of the way!
Hello from Mesa, AZ :) niki
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