Stitching from the Heart

Nocturne Page Finish

I've finally finished page eight of Nocturne!  This one has jumped from 16.87% to 19.25% complete. Now I'll be switching to one of the other main "focus" goals... Either Treasure Hunt or Rainbow Girl :)

Previous Progress:
Current Progress:
 
The mess I made filling in all the single stitches lol!:

I hope everyone had a lovely Valentine's Day!

Happy Stitching! xxx


Comments

  1. Unknown17 February 2018 at 14:16

    Well done on your page finish, she is coming along nicely.

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    1. Megan Joelle18 February 2018 at 00:07

      Thank you! I'm looking forward to stitching the violin now ;)

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  2. Faith...18 February 2018 at 10:35

    WOW Great progress you made there Megan! Confetti stitching is a pain but it always looks great once finished.

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    1. Megan Joelle18 February 2018 at 13:07

      Yes, I was stitching the confetti (less than 10 stitches on each colour) for a good 4-5 hours on the last part of this page. All Thoses single stitches at the end were really testing my patience lol!😉

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  3. Justine18 February 2018 at 23:53

    She's stunning, definitely worth all your hard work!

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  4. Rob Greenwood21 February 2018 at 01:54

    Well done Megan, now it is looking good, we must have more stitching and coffee afternoons.

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    1. Megan Joelle21 February 2018 at 15:45

      yes, of course! We'll have to lock a stitching afternoon in for some time in the next week 😃

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  5. Natascha Kooijman21 February 2018 at 11:15

    Looks stunning Megan. Fascinating how you count the percentage of the page that is done haha. I bet the violing will be gorgeous. Well done.

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    1. Megan Joelle21 February 2018 at 15:50

      Thanks Natascha! The percentage bars at the side of the page show the percent of each project completed... I've started only updating them at every whole page finish though, in order to avoid editing the code too much. 😉

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  6. Lady Stitch-a-Lot8 March 2018 at 03:56

    Oh how lovely - congratulations on your page finish =)

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