For Christmas I got some large rolling frames. I had spent a lot of time before Christmas looking for a Dr. Hooves & Derpy picture, resized it, cleaned up the colors and now with my new frames I could finally start working on it. My goal was to have it done by Valentines day. I had never done anything this big before, and had no real gauge as to how quickly I could get it done. I now have mastered feeding from the back without having to flip the frame over, and was doing about 100 stitches per hours. What I didn't realize was when I started was that the completed pattern had over 35,000 stitches. Let's just say I was WAY off on the time commitment for this project. I spent every lunch break, extra hours after work, staying up until 2-3 am in the morning, every extra hour I could in secret to get it done. My wife knew I was making something, but she had no clue what it was. Valentines comes too quickly and I am only 75% done. I've put in almost 300 hours so far, I am completely burnt out. I am exhausted and disappointed that I wasn't able to complete it on time. I wrap what I have along with a print out of what I want it to look like when I am done. She opens it up and absolutely loves it. I have to take a break for a while before I can come back to it. It takes about 450 hours to finish and measures 18" x 14".
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I love how the colors on Dr. Hooves turned out. Not so much with Derpy. Should have went with a lighter grey for the body. The dress I left for last and had to eyeball it the best I could. The gradient is made from four different blues. I would do a few rows of blue 1, then take a string of blue 1 and blue 2 together and stitch a few rows, then just blue 2, then blue 2 and 3, etc. It was a new technique I wanted to try. I loved the results.
Please keep updating as you start new projects!
