Saturday, March 22, 2008

Greek Island Mini by Michael Powell

Whoo-hoo! I have my fourth finish for 2008. I took a series of photos as I completed each step, so here you go.

With all the cross stitching completed:

With all the stitching done except the backstitch:

And here it is all finished:

Greek Island Mini
Michael Powell
(from World of Cross Stitching magazine)

Stitched on 32-count Blue Dynasty Belfast linen from Silkweaver
Stitched with DMC
Started 8 February, 2008
Finished 22 March, 2008

8 comments:

  1. WOW! What a difference backstitching can make! It is adorable, congrats on another finish!

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  2. WooHoo! I love that!! Well done!!!

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  3. Anonymous8:52 AM

    Lovely Kerry. Well done. Just love Michael Powell. Now if only I can persuade him to let me modelstitch for him;))

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  4. Anonymous8:53 AM

    Whoops came up as anonymouse. Should have been signed

    Kay

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  5. Anonymous9:35 AM

    Woo hoo! Looks lovely, that backstitching sure did help alot :)

    Anne

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  6. Kerry, what a wonderful finish..
    you really sprinted at the end,
    and i am stunned by how much impact the black backsttich has onthe finished image, it looks brilliant..
    nice fab too.. ;)

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  7. Anonymous4:30 PM

    Its really lovely after all that backstitching. Congrats on your finish.
    Fatema.

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  8. Backstitching is what makes a Michael Powell! (Much as I dislike backstiching).

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