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Stitching.

I have started this nice little project that is supposed to serve as a market stall sign one day. Wel, scratch the "little" - it's quite big. And I have only just started...


... embroidering.

I will keep you updated on progress - at the moment, basic maths say that I can do about 5 cm² in about ten to fifteen minutes. And I have not yet tried to calculate how long the full piece will take at that rate - but it will take a really amazing amount of time.
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There's more building!
TGIF.
 

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Fanny (website) on Montag, 19. September 2011 15:48

Oh, I just love the image!

Oh, I just love the image!
Cathy Raymond (website) on Dienstag, 20. September 2011 02:58

Wow. It will be quite striking, when it is done! Good luck.

Wow. It will be quite striking, when it is done! Good luck.
Piia (website) on Dienstag, 20. September 2011 16:19

You crazy woman! That is going to be one fabulous piece of embroidery. Can I ask how big is it?

You crazy woman! That is going to be one fabulous piece of embroidery. :) Can I ask how big is it?
a stitch in time (website) on Donnerstag, 22. September 2011 06:49

Piia, you got it right - I am a crazy woman. The piece will have 65 x 77 cm once it's finished. Current work-time estimate is at about 300 hours.
Well. Think big, walk tall. (And if you are not so tall, like me, just think bigger to make up for it.)

Piia, you got it right - I am a crazy woman. The piece will have 65 x 77 cm once it's finished. Current work-time estimate is at about 300 hours.
Well. Think big, walk tall. (And if you are not so tall, like me, just think bigger to make up for it.)
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