Sunday, April 27, 2014

The Celtic Cross Counted Cross Stitch - Part 10

*trumpets*

It's done! The stitching is done!




By the end of April 25, no less. 

I'm not *technically* done. Beyond ironing it flat, I also need to stitch it to horizontal poles to finish it. 

Still, the stitching is done!

Friday, April 25, 2014

The Celtic Cross Counted Cross Stitch - Part 9

The outline was completely done by Wednesday. The only thing left to do is the inner decoration.

Sadly, I do prefer working the outline to working the inner part. It's easier to do. Luckily the inner decoration doesn't take long nor does it use much thread. I'm almost out of thread.



Thursday, April 17, 2014

The Celtic Cross Counted Cross Stitch - Part 7

Some of the stitches are loose and I can't fix it easily. They don't look bad but it still annoys me. They also aren't that noticeable so I'm going to leave them alone unless they start coming out.



Monday, April 14, 2014

The Celtic Cross Counted Cross Stitch - Part 6

It's slow going with two weeks left...



The progress looks more impressive than it is.



I figure if I can finish both arms, the center part, and some of the top by Friday, then I'm in good shape.

Wednesday, April 9, 2014

The Celtic Cross Counted Cross Stitch - Part 5

After nearly six months, I'm back to work on this project.

This is what it looked like last October:



The left arm was over by one to the right and I didn't know where the mistake was. My near panic attack made me put the cross stitch down for six months.

But now I'm back! I found the mistake, removed most of the left arm and restitched everything.



I'll put the end date as... April 25? Two and a half weeks seems reasonable.