I think this is my 3rd Lizzie Kate design in this year of starts. I have a fair few, since they're usually not too expensive and deceptively small, so it seems like you can stitch lots of them. I probably have more to go in the pile? And here we are at the halfway mark!
The big 50th start is kind of a milestone, but since I started so many larger projects last month, I decided to just keep going. Maybe the 100th start will be something special? We'll see when we get there.
Eventually this one will look something like this:
Going through my fabric stash is always interesting, like why do I have so many shades of blue and green and not many neutrals? Obviously I tend to buy those colours because they're my favourites, but there's only so many charts that work on those colours. I did find a scrap of fiddler's cloth (I think) and decided to work one over one since 2 over 2 seemed a little weird. Possibly only because I'm used to evenweave.
Here's my progress photo:
Unwrap the Joy by Lizzie Kate
stitched 1 over 1 on 20ct? fiddler's cloth
with DMC as charted mostly
The beard is charted in Wisper, but that doesn't really work on this small of a count, so I went with DMC 3865 for the beard and sideburns, then B5200 for the cuffs and faint snowflakes. I worked on this a fair bit and only managed this much of it, but it's a decent start.
Definitely not my favourite fabric and I should have chosen maybe blue for the snowflakes, but it's fine for now and I'll get it finished some time.
Hope you've all had a good day or two of stitching!
Happy Stitching,
Tiffstitch
It's cute on this fabric, but it does look like it might not be too comfortable to stitch on!
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