Sunday, March 4, 2018

Band finish!


Finished up band 13 – the first of three Montenegrin bands - last night.  The rows that go straight across at the top and bottom felt like they took approximately forever, but this band stitched up faster than any of the others.  Maybe that's because even though it's slow, Montenegrin is faster than double-running stitch with satin filling?  Must be. 

But that’s not to say it was fast compared to regular cross stitch!  Each of those blue or pinkish flowers took about half an hour.  No matter which order I stitched the bits in, it didn’t make any real difference in how long those posies took.  And no, I generally don’t time my stitching, it’s just that I noticed that after stitching for an hour, I’d only finished two of them so after that I paid attention.


I’d been worried about stitching these bottom bands since I haven’t found anyone posting about actually *finishing* Jane Turner (well, except for one person, but she was posting on the Scarlet Letter Years Gallery blog and her Jane was hung with several Scarlet Letter samplers so was mentioned only for identification).  Nobody to hold my hand, so to speak – ack!  What if I’m not doing the small Montenegrin sections the right way?  Should I go back and forth?  Stitch all the bits in one direction?  What about that that single stitch all by itself in the center of each flower, how am I supposed to do that when a full Montenegrin stitch covers two "squares"? 

But I had to dive in or never finish, and now I see there was really nothing to be worried about.  What a dork. 


Still, I’d like to see somebody else’s finish of Jane. 

Hope everyone’s been having a fine weekend.  Thanks for stopping by!


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10 comments:

  1. Deb, I like the look of this..lots of texture! You're doing a great job!

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  2. Definitely nothing to be worried about, Deb. The band looks so good.

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  3. Might've been time-consuming, but it looks beautiful.
    You did a great job on it.
    Marilyn

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  4. It sure is alot of work Deb but the result is wonderful. It looks so good. I think you are doing a great job. RJ@stitchingfriendsforever

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  5. It seems like you are a real pioneer with the stitching of Jane, Deb. Just think--years from now, yours will be the one everyone looks to for inspiration :) Beautiful band finish!

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  6. Great dtitching and texture definition, it's looking great.

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  7. Jane is looking wonderful.
    Are you on FB? There are a number of sampler groups who may have someone who has stitched Jane. I'm happy to ask on your behalf if you don't do FB!

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  8. No, you must stitch it exactly the way everyone else has! :b

    This is a great band finish. Crazy to think each one took half an hour though!

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  9. Your band is looking great. You don’t need to worry even if someone else stitched it in a different order. Your results are equally fabulous. Stitch and enjoy!

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  10. So so pretty! Maybe you'll be the first to actually finish her? Or at least show finished pics? Love seeing your gorgeous bands.

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