Sunday, January 4, 2009

AGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!


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:

GoldenAngelsWorks said...

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!!!!

Miokka said...

You can do it, yes you can! I hate it when a goof keeps on goofing... Your piece looks beautiful!
Keep it up!
~~Martha~~

Dani - tkdchick said...

That is beautiful, what design is it?

Beatrice said...

After all that it is looking good.
Kudos to you keeping at it.!

Kathy A. said...

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

Bette said...

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!

Karen said...

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

Sonda said...

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!

~Niki~ said...

Hello from Mesa, AZ :) niki