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Hi there. I usually am on the mosaic forum but thought I'd peek over here and see what you guys are up to:)
Here is a project I finished in 1994. It was born out of pure - plain boredom!! My husband and I were stationed over seas with the Army and I didn't have anything to keep me artistically entertained so I bought some backing and some embroidery thread and just began...didn't know what I was doing and if you look closely you can see sometimes I went the wrong way with the thread - but 9 years later...TADA!!
Lessons learned...ALWAYS do this type needle work in a "ring" (ya know those things that hold your work stiff). I paid a lady $80 to stretch and starch this baby into shape and boy did it take here a long time and a lot of stretching.
I know very well about those learning experiences...
When I was pregnant for my daughter 11 years ago, I took on a large project. I cross stitched a picture of Oak Alley Plantation. (I lived in Louisiana at the time)
It took me forever to finish it. I gave it to a friend at Christmas. It was hard to part with it..
I also have a cute cross stitch of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs that needs finishing up. I started that one 20 something years ago..it'll be an antique before I get it finished..I started to work on it again a few months ago but found out I can't see as good as I did when I first started it... :0)
I know what you mean about not being able to see as well...I can only work on my grand daughter's baptism tapestry in very strong light or else I miss holes and that isn't easy to fix later.
Do you have a photo of the one you did of the Oak Alley Plantation??
No, but next time I go back home for a visit, I'll have to go visit her and take a photo of it. I suppose I made it before I even owned a digital camera. It really was a pretty nice piece of work. I think everything I've ever made, I've given it away.*grin*
