St. George and Dragon 1/31

St. George is still alive and well. I got caught up in Christmas stitching but I think I'm back on track again. I just spent some time going back over your posts. My goodness your progress is wonderful. Some of you just stitch so fast. And of course, they are so beautiful. I especially enjoyed the 'finishes', Congratulations to each of you, you worked hard and you deserve a big hand.

BEFORE September 15, 2009



AFTER January 31, 2010

St. George & the Dragon (started July 1996 - UFO)
Donna Vermillion Giampa
28 ct beige unknown evenweave, suggested fibers

I have finished the lower wing and am on the way to the last leg/claw and a bit of the neck that's still missing. I just noticed this picture isn't actually the most recent. I have actually turned the corner on the left hand border which doesn't show in this photo, grrrrr. Anyway, the leg, then just a quick run across the bottom border. The end is close now, yipee!! Thanks for looking.






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St. George and Dragon Update

I was missing one thread which, of course, was needed for three different blends, so I pretty much was at a dead stop for a bit there. But the thread has arrived and I'm moving right along now.

BEFORE August 25, 2009



AFTER September 15, 2009

St. George & the Dragon (started July 1996 - UFO)
Donna Vermillion Giampa
28 ct beige unknown evenweave, suggested fibers

I really love this piece and I'm so glad to be back working it again. Thanks for looking.






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Newbie, St. George and the Dragon

Hello everybody. I've just joined your lovely group and am looking forward to seeing more wonderful UFO progress. I've read almost the whole blog, you have some beautiful pieces in the works, I've really enjoyed catching myself up. So I'll add mine I guess.

I have a ton of UFOs, I'm one of those dreadful Serial Starters. A few weeks ago I looked at my stash, then at my wish list, then checked out my UFOs...I really have to finish something before the wish list is even considered again! I figured I should start with the oldest one first (and I notice it's not the oldest one on this blog -LOL-).

Here is my 12 year old UFO. This was a 'car project' that I started when DH and I took a five week driving-across-the-US vacation. This piece became a UFO because back then DH and I used to take several weekends a year and at least one week each summer and drive off somewhere and I intended the piece to remain a 'car project'. Well, life happens and we stopped scurrying around so much and somehow I just never picked this up 'at home'. I decided to stitch on this about 3 weeks ago. I have been working on the right hand side border and have advanced that about 3 inches. I'm not sure, I guess I've completed about 75 or 80% of the total. I'm trying to keep the b/s up as I go (except for blending filament) because this piece has so many fractional stitches that you can't see the design without the b/s in place, besides I hate backstitching and there's way too much in this piece to do it all at the end.

St. George & the Dragon (July 1996 - UFO)
Donna Vermillion Giampa
28 ct beige unknown evenweave, suggested fibers
As of August 25, 2009.

One of my BBs has a UFO Tuesday group which I just joined so my plan is to stitch at least some every Tuesday, hopefully I should have weekly updates. I know I'm a slow stitcher and I have never paid the slightest attention to how long it takes to get from point A to point B so I have no idea and wouldn't even be able to guess at a finish date. Getting it finished is my objective, I don't care when. I really do love this piece, so I hope I can stick with it.




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