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Rose Arbour
It’s been a while since I updated on my progress on this. Having to do other things eats up my stitching time far more often than I’d like.
So this was how it was looking last update:
And this is it now, after I fixed a patch where I’d put a colour down about 2 stitches to the right of where it needed to be so had to unpick and redo that whole area. Fortunately it wasn’t a big area, but it was still annoying.
Rose Arbour - Completed
There she is! Washed, dried, ironed and ready to get framed... just as soon as I work out which ‘safe place’ I put the companion piece to this in so I can get them framed as a matching pair.
In addition to the misprint on the pattern which puts a section of one row 4 stitches to the left of where they should be, which would make one of those planters look very weird, this chart has SO much backstitching in those trailing roses and other plants, metallic threads
and petite seed beads
so many teeny tiny beads (don’t ask why they’re just floating in the air over those leaves. I have no idea about that design choice, I just followed the chart)
and just a few regular seed beads on her hair and gloves
BTW, if you think the fabric in that first photo looks darker at the top and bottom that’s because it is, it isn’t just weird lighting. The way the linen is woven it just has a lighter section in the middle.
Cross Stitch Cleaning
After a few days of trying to track down the missing beads for my project it’s finally complete.
So I took it off for a nice, gentle, soapy bath in the sink
Which it was very much in need of
Because that’s a lot of accumulated dust, and oil from my hands while stitching, floating about in that water looking incredibly gross.
That’s what I get for taking so damn long to finish this, but also why it’s a good idea to wash any stitching you’ve been handling a lot. It gets gross far too easily even if it doesn’t immediately look like it
Now I just need to iron it and I can show it off in it’s complete and clean glory
