Of course, by “she,” I mean Mirabilia’s Fairy Moon! It was my goal to start her this month and I just barely made it. I pulled the scroll frame out last night and put it onto a lap stand, but I didn’t put in any stitches. I decided that I wanted to start with her hair and face, but I wanted to change her hair color, so I made the color changes last night, with Terry’s help. I was going to choose colors close to my own hair, but that was too boring, so I went with an auburn, with lighter red highlights. I even added copper Kreinik blending filament to the highlights to make them shimmer. I hope it doesn’t turn out to be too much! I think the new colors do go better with the fabric. The jury is still out on that one, though, so I’m asking you, my fair reader, to weigh in. It’s not the best photo in the world, but here’s a reasonable closeup.
I’m such a slow stitcher, it’s not even funny. I started stitching after dinner, a little after 7 PM. I stitched all of the highlights in her hair, but I didn’t finish the main hair color itself. I then switched to start her face, but didn’t come close to finishing that, either. It took me more than 3.5 hours to get not very far! I think this is why I don’t stitch larger pieces. *sigh* She’ll look great someday, though! I’ll try to post a photo with more accurate colors the next time I post an update. For now, these will have to do, since my camera decided to throw a fit when I put in new batteries!
Great start Jenna! I think the hair colours look really nice on that fabric 🙂
Good luck at the neurologist on Thursday – sending you good thoughts!
It looks good to me Jenna. Congratulations on making your goal to get her started!
Great start, Jenna! I can recognize her hair and face! lol!
Lovely fabric, Jenna, and the hair looks great!
I agree w/ everyone that it looks like a great start! I often have a hard time getting going and then pick up momentum.
That’s a beautiful start, Jenna! I can’t wait to see more of your progress.
Yup, have to agree with everyone else – looks great so far. The hair colour looks really pretty – and the fabric is just gorgeous 🙂
We all stitch one stitch at the time, some slower, some faster. As long as you enjoy it. 😉
And she looks good! I just love that fabric. 🙂
This is such a beautiful project. You know, just keep working it & soon it will be a fairie.