Keebles World

Rapunzel is coming along nicely. I was a bit disappointed during the beginning of the week because I didn't think she was moving along as quickly as I thought she should, after all, when I started this project, I finished the first row in about a week along with the beginning of the second row (although I piddled a bit with it after that). But, upon further reflection, I realized the first row wasn't a full top-to-bottom row like the second is, so there is a lot more stitching involved in this row and, my speed still isn't back up yet, so I'm doing pretty good, all things considered. I left off here back in July of last year: And stopped here last night: You might notice I didn't leave the "gap" in Flynn's hair like in the pattern: It was just a bit too "Dr. Strange" for my taste. I don't typically like to change patterns, but I just couldn't handle that space and I didn't really understand it, so I decided to go against...

Well, after yet again another bad stitch week, I somehow managed to finish Snow and Charming! I didn't get the extra outlining done that I talked about doing, but that's OK...I've never done it before and all has been well. It was just a thought anyway. I left off here last week: Here is the last finished row...55,728 stitches completed for a total of 282.15 hrs (geez, I gotta work on my speed!): And after unscrolling, ironing to get out gridlines, here they are! They look so big, but it is only barely 8 x 10 I still need to wash them, re-iron, mount and take them somewhere for framing, but that will get done. Looks like I need to watch my stretching too because they are a bit crooked (but it was the fabric). If I take it to Joann, I make also take in my Supernatural Exorcism stitch to get it framed too...I doubt Hobby Lobby would touch it with a ten-foot pole and I have yet to find the perfect frame for it. I have actually mounted it on foam core, but in a way...

Snow and Charming are coming along nicely, despite the fact that I didn't really have a good stitch week. But still, if all goes according to plan and I do OK this week, I should have them finished by the end of this week. I left off here last week: And, despite the pain that Flickr has now become since the change-over to their new management (but I have WAY too many photos in there to switch to anything else, so I'm kind of stuck), I FINALLY managed to find where the new ones I put this week ended up and here is where I stopped Sunday night: I'm excited to finish it and scared at the same time. Plus, I think I might, if I finish early, go around the border a couple of times with the outside color, just to have a little extra "padding" for framing. I just wish I had another Once realistic project to go to next! I guess I could technically make one, but then there is the whole copyright issue and I'm not sure I want to tackle that. I have LOVED every ...

I did quite a bit of stitching this week. This was a very heavy confetti row, but I FINALLY made it through! I left off here last week: And finally finished the row late Friday night for a total of 215.49 hrs so far which, ironically enough, about 150 or more of those hours were done in the month of January: And here they are in their completeness up through row 3: Saturday and Sunday were dedicated to starting and working on the final row, which isn't a full one, and doesn't have a lot of confetti (except for the far right side), so it should (hopefully) go quickly. I did, late Saturday night, start seeing Hidden Mickey's in there, which turned to Hidden Minnie's, and even spotted a Hidden Daisy next to the Hidden Minnie, but you decide for yourself if I was just getting delirious or actually seeing them...Daisy is on the left facing Minnie (or Mickey with two Mickeys between his ears) on the right: But anyhow, despite the delirium of Saturday, I didn't ...