Thursday, March 3, 2011

UFO #1: Nauvoo Temple Cross-Stitch

Here's my first finished project for the month!

Before

After

*Wow! Its amazing to look at the before and afters! I was never sure this would end well before the detail backstitching was in!*
Getting it framed will be another project (maybe someone should host a "get it framed and on the wall" challenege. I can't tell you how much stuff I have that needs frames...).

This was a UFO for nearly 8 years. I don't remember when I started it exactly, but I was 20 and in Nauvoo when I bought it and I'm pretty sure I started it around that same time (I must have been tired of crocheting). 8 YEARS!

It took me maybe 10 hours to finish it. I worked on it during prime time TV mostly. Made me feel less useless during that time... haha! Looking at the picture I realize that I forgot the put the words in at the bottom... I'll do that during Grey's tonight.

What have you been working on? Happy finishing!

3 comments:

Emily said...

I've started my UFO list, and now I have one more thing to add to it, thanks for reminding me :P

I finished that same cross-stich in Nauvoo, but it has been stuck away all those years waiting to be framed or otherwise displayable. I wonder where it is...

Barbaloot said...

It makes me sad to think it's really been 8 years! How is that possible?

Kate said...

Beautiful job Rosie! It looks great.