5ft Latina ([info]5ft_c_l_i) wrote in [info]cross_stitch,
@ 2006-07-08 22:16:00
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Current location:the purple couch
Current mood: accomplished
Entry tags:finished piece, olympics

Reviiiiiiised Gooooooooal!
Finally, I made it! Rose Splendor is finished, and I scored my revised World Cup goal. Pix are behind the cut:
This is what I started with at the beginning of the World Cup:
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Here's the completed piece:0708b
Here's a close-up of my fabulous French knots: 0708c
And here's the back (probably the neatest one I've ever done): 0708d


Also, here are a couple of other finishes. These were the little pieces I didn't get finished for the Olympics, but I kept working on them:
These are probably slightly larger than actual size.0227b
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I think I tend to underestimate the amount of time it will take to stitch on higher counts. Oh well, I'm learning :)

ETA: I've added a pic of where I was at the beginning of the World Cup. Also (more importantly) thanks for all the comments...y'all rock!


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[info]catalinacisne
2006-07-09 05:20 am UTC (link)
cut's not right :)

It looks amazing, though!

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[info]5ft_c_l_i
2006-07-09 05:21 am UTC (link)
yep, I noticed that :) Thanks

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[info]kyrie3k
2006-07-09 05:42 am UTC (link)
Wow the colours on that are really excellent. :) Those other designs look like some of the other designs from the Cross Stitchers Oriental Odyssey book that I have too. I could go and look but it's late and I'm feeling lazy. ;)

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[info]katybean
2006-07-09 05:53 am UTC (link)
Those are very pretty.

And, I'm totally jealous that you have a purple couch.

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[info]fuzzyboo03
2006-07-09 06:00 am UTC (link)
They all look beautiful! Congrats on the finishes.

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[info]bekki_n
2006-07-09 07:28 am UTC (link)
Wow, that rose splendour piece is amazing, well done :)

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[info]chanda_m
2006-07-09 01:22 pm UTC (link)
GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLL!!!

Congratulations!!! And they all look great!

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[info]mariahgem
2006-07-09 04:30 pm UTC (link)
OOOOOOOOOH! That is so pretty! I've considered doing the rose one before. How long did it take you? Alas, I suck at french knots. But it still looks like fun!! I also LOVE the asian ones! So pretty!

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[info]5ft_c_l_i
2006-07-09 11:56 pm UTC (link)
I spent 26 days working on it, probably averaging 5-6 hours on each of those days. In some ways it went faster than I expected because the entire border is only half-stitches, but at the same time the stitches are smallish, so I kept feeling like I wasn't getting anywhere.

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[info]hinj
2006-07-09 06:18 pm UTC (link)
gorgeous!

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[info]drealkulit
2006-07-09 06:38 pm UTC (link)
Very pretty! I love the color texture on the border. And your french knots are indeed fabulous. Your back is great, too! :D

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[info]pinstripe_bindi
2006-07-10 07:33 pm UTC (link)
Aww, I love the little pieces! I have a bit of a Japanese culture fixation (and I don't mean anime).

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[info]carbonel
2006-07-11 10:17 pm UTC (link)
Oh, funny. I'm just about done with Rose Splendor, too. Just need to finish the doing the gold cord around the edge (just over half done now) and the French knots. I estimate another hour's worth of work. I did it section by section, though, instead of gridding and parking the way you did.

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[info]5ft_c_l_i
2006-07-11 11:41 pm UTC (link)
Don't you loooove that gold cord. I'm a fan of the shiny, although I hate the metallic thread with a passion.

I'm contemplating still doing the gridding and parking next time, but working on one object at a time.

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[info]carbonel
2006-07-12 12:28 am UTC (link)
I'm not so much of a fan of the gold cord, actually. I keep having trouble getting it to lie flat and stay where it's supposed to be. The pattern didn't say which thread to use for the couching, so I'm using the metallic gold thread. That provides the least contrast, but the most trouble in stitching. But I'm almost done with it...

I'm going to donate it to the James Tiptree auction at next year's Wiscon (a science fiction convention), because I bought it at the 2005 Wiscon and did large chunks of it at the 2005 and 2006 Wiscons.

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[info]5ft_c_l_i
2006-07-12 02:15 am UTC (link)
Yes, it was definitely pretty, but didn't want to behave.

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