Finished box

I have finally finished my Around the World in 80 stitches piece. This is only a small part, actually Part 1-2 what I have started in 2018, stopped stitching in 2020 and which were sitting in my box for 2 years.

Around the World in 80 Stitches - Papillon Creations

Anyag / Fabric : 32 ct white dmc

Fonal / Floss : Anchor

Quick world tour

I have finished part 1 and 2 of Around the world in 80 stitches, and I am contemplating to call it a finish. I have started this piece in 2012 (6years ago!), and after stitching a very little I stopped I did not touched for 6 years. This is not a small time aversion taking into consideration I hardly put anything away for more than a few months...But I despite the fact that it seemed to be fun to learn new stitches I was not willing to work on this sends a serious message. I took it up a few days ago when I made an inventory of my WIP (UFO? - is there a specific date when a wip became extraterrestrial? If yes I suppose it does not take 6 years to come) I listed this and gave it a last chance.
Actually after decreasing the color palette it was not so bad to stitch, and I really like the outcome, but it is only 1/6th of the whole design and I am not sure whether I will have the stamina to stitch so much more. Now there is a natural finishline, I can make a nice box out of this, and I think I will do that. But I am really happy that I got here.

Around the World in 80 Stitches - Papillon Creations

Anyag / Fabric : 32 ct white dmc

Fonal / Floss : Anchor

Around the world

I made some progress on my ex-UFO, the Around the World in 80 stitches by Papillion Creations. Part 2 and half  of Part1 is done. I am contemplating whether to stop when I have finished Part1, because then it is a small but complete picture, or shall I move forward. I have some steam, but I do not know whether it is enough for the whole 24 parts...

 

Around the World in 80 Stitches - Papillon Creations

Anyag / Fabric : 32 ct white dmc

Fonal / Floss : Anchor

Around the World in 80 stitches

I started this piece by Papillon Creations in 2012 and stopped in the first half of Part 2 (I skipped Part1) of the 24 parts. There are many colors (8 floral, 3 green, white) what I did not like, and planned to use a pink-green colorway. However, I just could not force myself into the 8 pinks, and it became a UFO. I realised the most difficult part is the substitition choosing, so I reduced the palette: 3 pinks, 1 green. This helped a lot, I did more work in 1 hour than in the past in 1 month or shall I say 6 years? There was also some frogging included to be able to follow this decision, and also some unintended fresh one when I made a mistake in the Hardanger. 

Around the World in 80 Stitches - Papillon Creations

Anyag / Fabric : 32 ct white dmc

Fonal / Floss : Anchor