Saturday, September 12, 2009

It's Finished It's Finished It's Finished!!!!

I put the last stitches in And They Sinned at around 9 o'clock this evening! I started it on September 16, 2003, so I'm only 4 days shy of exactly 6 years of working on it. Well, working on it on and off, but working on it.

Here is a pic of where I started tonight:


Here's after the last stitches went in. The bottom looks distorted, but that's just because of the Q Snaps. It looked fine after I took it off.

And finally, here's the whole thing. It's kind of hard to find a spot where you can get a good picture of something this big; this was taken in the dining room where I'd been stitching. The light was as good there as anywhere. I had to shoo Mimi away; she was curious but she left it alone.

Now I'll start saving my pennies to get it framed. I have the perfect spot on the landing on the wall perpendicular to the window. It'll be in the light so you can see it but the sun won't hit it directly. If I ever get it framed.
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My next goal is to finish Hunt Sampler. It's fairly close to being done; I figure a few Saturday Night Stitching sessions and a few Sunday afternoons and it'll be finis as well.

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

What a tremendous accomplishment and it is really something special! A treasure!

Siobhán said...

WAHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!

Congratulations!! I am sure you're dancing the happiest of happy dances. I'm adding a Snoopy dance of my own here for you, too. :)

doris said...

WOO HOO! Congratulations on finishing such a huge project! Isn't it a great feeling? Enjoy looking at it over and over again.

Senorita Stitches said...

Congratulations, Karen!! I am in awe of anyone who can complete a project of this size. I do have the chart. If I get the fabric I know I will start it but will I finish it?

Dawn said...

Hooray!! It's beautiful! ~ Dawn ~

Donna G said...

My goodness, Karen this is beautiful. I really love how it turned out and I am doubly glad I decided to keep my pattern so I can stitch it too :)

dg

Blessings said...

What a stunning design and outstanding finish, congratulations, just amazing!