Thursday 14 April 2011

Finished!

Last night I finished Achoo! I am so happy he is all done, I wanted to post about it last night but it was getting late and I really needed to get to bed.
He is so cute, and I would love to keep him but he is for Mum and Dad and I can't wait to give him to them, I am excited about it. All I need to do now is date it and I want to write a little message in the corner.
Here he is here in all his glory.

I started achoo on the 10th of November 2010 and finished him on the 13th of April 2011. I think 5 months is pretty good, well good for me anyway. I am not the fastest stitcher there is out there. I found achoo a very easy stitch and I enjoyed it. Once all the cross stitches were done, the half stitch stitched up quickly and the backstitch took no time at all, so if anyone was wanting to stitch achoo at all one day, I recommend it.
He is stitched on 29 count jubilee evenweave and the brand is dimensions with their own dyed thread.
Here is a close up of achoo.
Isn't he cute? :-)
I think the backstitch really brought achoo to life so I've taken a photo of the backstitch to show you, even though you probably won't get a great view of it.
Now that he is done, I want to finish the details on Tabitha's birth sampler so I can then get the birth sampler and achoo washed, ironed and taken to the framers. I then want to start on my nephews birth sampler which I am going to have to order in the next few days.

Thank you for all your comments on my last post, you helped motivate me to finish achoo, and I am glad you all loved the photo of Tabitha. She is a cheeky girl, and that is one of my favourite photos of her.
I hope you all have a lovely weekend, and get some stitching done. I am off to a day spa on Saturday as Adrian bought me a day spa voucher for our first wedding anniversary back in March and I am going out for a few hours by myself to spoil myself, I am so excited!! :-) It's nice that he will be spending time with Tabitha on his own too.
happy stitching everyone. xx

19 comments:

  1. Congratulations on the finish!! That is so cute! At first I thought it was an actual photograph.

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  2. Congratulations on the finish he is just gorgeous.

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  3. Congratulations on finishing Achoo. He is lovely. I'm sure your Mum and Dad will love him.

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  4. Congratulations on finishing Achoo. He is gorgeous the backstitch definitely defined him. I'm sure your parents will be thrilled. Enjoy your day at the spa.

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  5. Darling finish, Belinda! I know your parents will think of you every time they look at Achoo...

    Enjoy your spa day--always nice to have a little "me" time--especially as a new mother!

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  6. Congratulations on an adorable finish!

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  7. Congrats! Achoo is such a cute finish!

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  8. I've always thought that Achoo is the most adorable cross stitch design EVER!! One day I'll get round to stitching him myself! Congratulations on your finish, very beautiful!

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  9. I remember when you started this! Well done on finishing him... must have been hard to fit in stitching time with a new baby! He looks great - your mum and dad will love him :-)

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  10. Congratulations!!! Beautiful :D

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  11. Congrats on the finish. He's darling!!! Your parents are going to loooove him. :D

    Enjoy your pampering.

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  12. Oh he's fabulous! Lovely neat stitching too. Well done on your finish, he really looks great!

    :)

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  13. Congrats on the finish! He is sooo adorable! :)

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  14. Looks fabulous! Congrats on finishing him :D

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  16. Lovelly so much this dog. Congrats!

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