Done at last

I have been lazy and not kept this updated, but I'm finally done!! This will be my last post, I'm going to be using livejournal because I go on it a lot more than on blogger...and who knows when I will be starting another project. :)

byebye!

Update at last

Yay! Finally able to update! :) haven't done that in...like...months? Well, I'm almost done with this thing, at least got all the birds in and still need to finish the trunk on the left and some leaves, and also adding some finishing touches at the end. Happy to say that I did NOT lose any more needles. Well, I'm on my last needle anyhows, so if I lose it, I'm screwed?

Ok, this is kinda awkward, typing between 2 pictures...at least that is what the draft form is making me believe...

Anyways, haven't updated in half a month, which is really odd since I have a ton of time to do it...I was just too lazy, haha.

So I'm starting to stitch the 2nd tree trunk, I'm surprised at how different the picture looks once I added the light grey/light grey blue combo thread to the left side of the trunk.

hello tree

So, I did most of the tree trunk. Took me forever, but it looks cool....so yea. :)

I'm gonna go stitch birdie #2 now! How many birdies will there be? ;)

world cup! :D yeayeayea!

Stitching while watching soccer is awesomeness... best part is, if I missed watching a goal because I had my eyes on my needle, there's always replay >:] (Go Spain!)

The birdie is so cute, except I have never seen a bluebird with a yellow tummy before...

But hey! They must exist somewhere, right? :)

This is for you Susie! :D

HAPPY EARLY BIRTHDAY SUSIE! you, me...FRIIEEENDS :D (christine: you, 2....RETAAARDS)

So the picture on the top is when I finished cross-stitching. The one of the bottom is after I added the finishing touches (bird's eyes and pine needles). The finishing touches are actually the most time-consuming things. The problem is that I had everything nice and tight when it was tightened on the loom, but once I take it off, the cloth loosens so the threads were all saggy and stuff. D: Had to redo it, grrr... The bird's eyes french knots, which I find to be quite fun to make :D

came a long way

I gotta say, I find this one much more fun to stitch than my previous project. There weren't enough color changes in my previous one. This one uses a lot of different colors to get the different shades to blend together to get this awesome effect. But I need to change threads a lot, but it's still fun nonetheless. I would've never thought that the color blue could be used to stitch a tree trunk.

I also officially lost my 3rd needle (or was it my 4th...I'm not keeping track anymore) in the car.