Ok, this has taken me a lot longer to getting round to than planned. I was finishing off my exams to try up the end of my degree, then I had a couple of friends from home (Oxford) to stay at my uni place (Nottingham).
Anyway, let's takl about Paris Market, my current project. On my 1st blog there is a picture of when I first started it, about a month ago. So now I'll try and remember all the things I've messed up along the way.
Week 1
I started in the centre, where there are shop windows and awnings. Several times I ended up stitching the opposite way to I usually do, so the stitches were lying in different directions. Much unpicking and resewing.
Week 2
Taking more shape now. I decided to do the two large parasols so I could reach the edge of the picture. I did the maroon on the red parasol with the stitches the wrong way, yet more unpicking and resewing.
Week 3
Did a lot this week. Worked up in to the top right hand corner, and finished that one face of the building. A lot of grey. Too much for my liking. But I also like large patches of colour- very quick to do, and with not much effort needed...
Week 4
I worked on getting to the bottom right corner so now I can see how tall the picture is and that I had centred it correctly. The biggest fail of so far: did all the browns and the creams one stitch too high so I had to unpick about 3.5hrs worth of work. Made me very sad. This also highlights the importance of counting...
Anyway, let's takl about Paris Market, my current project. On my 1st blog there is a picture of when I first started it, about a month ago. So now I'll try and remember all the things I've messed up along the way.
Week 1
I started in the centre, where there are shop windows and awnings. Several times I ended up stitching the opposite way to I usually do, so the stitches were lying in different directions. Much unpicking and resewing.
Week 2
Taking more shape now. I decided to do the two large parasols so I could reach the edge of the picture. I did the maroon on the red parasol with the stitches the wrong way, yet more unpicking and resewing.
Week 3
Did a lot this week. Worked up in to the top right hand corner, and finished that one face of the building. A lot of grey. Too much for my liking. But I also like large patches of colour- very quick to do, and with not much effort needed...
Week 4
I worked on getting to the bottom right corner so now I can see how tall the picture is and that I had centred it correctly. The biggest fail of so far: did all the browns and the creams one stitch too high so I had to unpick about 3.5hrs worth of work. Made me very sad. This also highlights the importance of counting...
