Saturday, August 31, 2013

Mary's Parrot

Mary's parrot is finished! It is nearly as big as the sheep!

This took way longer than it should have. I don't know why but I was just very slow with it.
It was stitched in a horizontal stem stitch. It definitely would have been much faster using a cross stitch, but I like the way it came out.


I have decided to stitch the big tree in the center next.
You can see that I have just made a small start on the outline.


I am getting worried that I will run out of silk. There should be enough because I am using everything that came in the kit, but I am almost out of white now, and I have the whole rest of the border to finish. Time will tell I guess.

Hope everyone is having a pleasant weekend!
Back soon!

8 comments:

cucki said...

sweetest stitches,,,
so cute
hugs x

Barb said...

Just lovely! I will keep my fingers crossed that you don't run out of silk!

Margaret said...

I so love how this is coming out!!! Beautiful work! I hate to say it, but I've run out of silk on SL kits before. You can always email Marsha and ask for more silk. I think she'd be willing to send more.

P.J. said...

Your parrot is gorgeous; I would have gone slow too. Great job!

Giovanna said...

Very nice stitching, well done.

Karoline said...

Great parrot, the whole sampler is looking stunning

Penny said...

Beautiful stitches, and a beautiful sampler!

Carol said...

Oh, Erica, that is just lovely! I'm a big blue lover so this one is especially appealing :)