Here's a pic taken a few moments ago of the Paris Sampler I am stitching. I am really loving this design and I am having a blast stitching it. However, she does not design her charts the way US designers do. When she makes a chart, she doesn't do the grids like we are used to in the US, with the blocks of 10 in each direction marked off. I had to go back and count them out and mark them off on the chart before I started. It's a good thing I did, because the chart is quite large, 108 wide by 113 high. With a 2 inch border for finishing, that translates into a 13 inch by 12 inch piece of fabric on 14/28 count. (For a 16/32, it would be 12 x 11, 11 x 10 for an 18/36 and 10 x 10 for a 20/40.).
Design:
Paris Designer: Stofnest
Fabric: 28 count Jobelan evenweave in Café au Lait hand dyed by me
Fibers: DMC 839, 840, and 841 and a hand dyed floss by me; Heavy Cream
I need to boogie. Got stuff I need to do this afternoon. Hope everyone is having a wonderful day! :)
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Respectfully submitted,
C.
2 comments:
It's looking really good Cindy. I can't imagine doing a chart that large without grids. LOL. No wonder you marked it. Looking forward to seeing more.
Cathryn
Thank you for the lovely compliments.
Yes, it is indeed quite large and I am glad I took the time to mark it off. The trees are giving me absolute fits, because it's in a checkerboard pattern. I am finding it very difficult to follow along with the chart, so I've resorted to getting out a small ruler and placing that on the grid to help mark my spot at the time.
Hope all is well in your corner of the world! :)
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Respectfully submitted,
C.
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