I posted about my awesome Harry Pottery sampler WIP earlier which has now turned into a commission – yay!
I have to share what not to do when it comes to cross stitching, or any kind of craft project really .. DO NOT DO ANYTHING WHILST TIRED!
I repeat: Do not do (cut, stitch, glue, sew) anything whilst tired. Learn from my mistakes. For the love of God, do not do what I did on this WIP, otherwise you’ll spend nights trying to catch up and get back to where you were.
Let me explain …
I stumbled across the Harry Potter sampler whilst I was between commissions, and decided I wanted to work on it simply because I loved it. I cut out my aida, got to sewing, and I got as far as my progress shot in my previous post.
The next night I was working away, and went to count out the pattern again and my heart dropped. The pattern wasn’t going to fit!! I’d cut my aida too small when I was originally starting, and to add to that, I hadn’t centred my fabric correctly in my Q Snap frame when I first started. Realising that it wasn’t going to was truly heartbreaking. I was already worried that I’m not going to complete this in time due to the detailed nature of this pattern, then I had to go and make such a stupid simple error like that .. Truly heartbreaking.
So, please learn from my mistake and don’t do anything whilst tired. It doesn’t work out well!
I pulled 7+ hour sessions of stitching on Friday, Saturday and Sunday night and this is my progress so far. Those flags are so detailed; 2 of them took me over 8 hours! :| :|
Please keep your fingers crossed that I’ll be able to stitch this on time, especially as we fly out to Japan on the 21st of October – it has to be done before then!
Oh no! How many times have I done something just like that? Too many! Way to come back from it though – and at least you have an adorable smaller piece to play with too…
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Oh Shelly, I actually could’ve cried! Thanks for the kind words though – some huuuuge cross stitching sessions are in my future! I’m not sure my back can handle it haha.
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Wow. That’s horrible. I know it’s a commission but I’m not sure id have been able to go back and do it again so congrats on that! And I hope you get it finished in time. It’s looking great.
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Oh boy, it was SO hard to start stitching everything I had just done again. I’ve got another 2 requests for the same pattern too haha! Thanks for your lovely words, I really appreciate it!
Erin xx
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oooh I know that feeling.
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Sucks doesn’t it?!
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Been there done that …I’ve still not quite learnt the lesson though as I still try to craft when I’m tired and always end up paying the price !!
PS Your work is looking stunning
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I’m glad it’s not just me! I’ve done it before, and no doubt I’ll do it again … Part of me always thinks it’s such a great idea to keep plodding on, rather than taking a break, but then I make a silly mistake like this and go back to kicking myself!
Thank you for the lovely words xx
Erin
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I think to myself I’ll be extra extra careful then look back at my work to find just where I’ve gone wrong, I’d like to say I won’t work tired again …but I’ll be telling a lie !!!!!!!!!
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Me too haha! We can only aspire to be wide awake every time we pick up a crafting thing :) x
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:-)
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