Embroidery Update
Nov. 9th, 2017 14:40![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mousetrapplingI rolled on the canvas for my penguin frieze that I'm sewing, so figured it was time for an update :)
Since my birthday two & a bit months ago I've stitched three of the penguins (not the leftmost one) plus the ice they're walking on and the start of the rainbow. There's two more penguins to the right to go, and I think four off to the left from the bit I'd done 20-ish years ago.
Beginning to see why I never really got very far with it before - I've spent about 44 hours on those three penguins, so when I wasn't putting in an hour most evenings then I never seemed to make any progress which was demoralising! My stitching has got better again, despite the middle-aged eyesight, which is pleasing. Tho the older bit is a bit grubbier, and the cloth is stretched oddly, so I suspect it'll turn out to be a piece of art only its mother could love, but I don't care :)
Since my birthday two & a bit months ago I've stitched three of the penguins (not the leftmost one) plus the ice they're walking on and the start of the rainbow. There's two more penguins to the right to go, and I think four off to the left from the bit I'd done 20-ish years ago.
Beginning to see why I never really got very far with it before - I've spent about 44 hours on those three penguins, so when I wasn't putting in an hour most evenings then I never seemed to make any progress which was demoralising! My stitching has got better again, despite the middle-aged eyesight, which is pleasing. Tho the older bit is a bit grubbier, and the cloth is stretched oddly, so I suspect it'll turn out to be a piece of art only its mother could love, but I don't care :)
