How Many Colours???

Woohoo!!!  I've finished Challenge #2!

I've been flat out moving house and didn't think I was going to get there.  There ended up being exactly 100 colours on the page!  Talk about epic!
Iris Keeper of the Rainbow by Josephine Wall, page 4.

Previous progress:

Page 4 finished:

I enjoyed this method and will definitely try it again on a page with less confetti.  I'm not sure that it ended up being any quicker than normal because the confetti was pretty full on, so it just felt like it went on forever!  Looking forward to switching wips for a bit now.  Bring on Challenge #3!

Happy Stitching! xxx




Comments

  1. Spopek10 June 2016 at 08:35

    Congratulations on finishing challenge #2 Your Project looks Excellent!

    Sandra

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  2. Megan Joelle10 June 2016 at 08:42

    Thank you Sandra! I'm going to pull out Rainbow Girl and get some stitches into that before Challenge #3 begins... It's been calling me for the past week or so! :D

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  3. Heather10 June 2016 at 15:29

    Wow Megan this is gorgeous!

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  4. demeter8311 June 2016 at 00:47

    That is a lot of colour, looks stunning though!

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  5. Mii Stitch11 June 2016 at 04:00

    Wow!! 100 colours!! It looks amazing :) Great progress too, of course :)

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    1. Megan Joelle12 June 2016 at 07:08

      Thanks Ingrid! I was relieved that all 120 or so charted colours weren't on this page lol! 😜

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  6. Renee11 June 2016 at 08:31

    Congratulations! It is lovely.

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  7. Natascha Kooijman11 June 2016 at 09:59

    Looks absolutely gorgeous. Well done.

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    1. Megan Joelle12 June 2016 at 07:18

      Thanks Natascha! Still got to go back and finish page 3, but hope to get the whole row done on this by the end of the year 😁

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  8. Annie11 June 2016 at 10:09

    It's gorgeous! Congrats on finishing the challenge! I'm not doing the challenges, but I love watching others and I'm looking forward to seeing what #3 is.

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    1. Megan Joelle12 June 2016 at 07:24

      Thanks Annie! I can't wait to see what the next challenge is as well 😃

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  9. Lady Stitch-a-Lot12 June 2016 at 04:02

    Congrats on finishing the challenge, 100 is a lot but it looks amazing. When I picked my pages for the challenge I was like "mhm is this really a challenge, there are so many big blocks of color there" and then I ended up with 80 colors on the page! For me this was a real challenge :D

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    1. Megan Joelle12 June 2016 at 07:04

      I saw your completed page on the Delon piece. Well done on finishing the challenge!!! Glad we both made it and 80 colours is heaps as well! 🎨

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  10. Keebles13 June 2016 at 13:43

    WOW! 100 colors! That's amazing but it looks fantastic!

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  11. Anonymous14 June 2016 at 02:28

    looks great !! love the colors on this one !!

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