Scarlett Days 18 - 22

Scarlett Days Sixteen & Seventeen

This was yesterday's update, still quite a lot to do but I'm not losing my place as much!

I didn't do any today :-( We did a project about Halloween, the history and traditions. This inevitably included a long craft session to make a Halloween mobile  - this is the loveliness of home education!

This was the previous day's progress.

Scarlett Day Fifteen

I added some lovely deep olive green today, hopefully these bits will help me work out where I am when I do all the flowers!

No stitching yesterday as I didn't feel well but managed quite a bit today.

Scarlett Day Fourteen

Hair finally finished!! I ran out of thread (probably because of my chart following challenges) so I had to improvise. Bodice of her dress is also complete, started on the flower so she isn't just looking at her hands any more but tired now and off to bed.

Scarlett Day Thirteen

Lots of pics tonight, this one is with the flash on.

I've done loads on the hair today but in all honesty most of it is wrong! I'm sure I have a type of dyslexia because I struggle with numbers and symbols. I get confused with the chart because the symbols are printed in black, red and blue and I much prefer black and white.

I constantly lose my place on the chart, find it and then can't remember where I am supposed to stitch it. I knew I had made a mistake because things didn't line up but no matter how long and hard I looked I couldn't work out where I had gone wrong so in frustration I had to stitch wherever I thought the colours should go.

I shall console myself with the thought that no matter how many people stitch this design, my one will be truly unique!

This is the same pic but without the flash.

I took this photo earlier today before I had made much progress on her hair, I noticed the way the sun was coming in through the window, dappled by the trees and she looked so pretty in the natural light.

This is a closer look at her Angel wings, the colours together look almost irridescent.

Scarlett Day Twelve

Completed her wing today, the detail is amazing.

Scarlett Day Eleven

Took Mrs Moo to the doctors today, she has an ear infection. We watched a lot of SpongeBob, did loads of colouring in together and I did some more stitching.

Scarlett Day Ten

Lots more done today, I still have a poorly girl - one who insists on playing outside all day then coming in to collapse because she wasn't really up to playing out after all :-(

I had a lovely - and much overdue - catch up call with my sister and lots of time for stitching!

Scarlett Day Nine

Another busy couple of days with no stitching plus I have a poorly girl but managed to do a bit today.

Scarlett Day Eight

A little bit more of her arm today but lots of my favourite mauve colour!

Scarlett Day Seven

Not so much done today, Molly and I went to watch my oldest three go climbing. It was good fun but they are so competitive, they have all asked me who the best climber was, my answer to each of them? "You are my darling". I won't get away with it of course but it's shut them up for today!

Anyway back to Scarlett, I did some more on her arm and hands, I love the detail that's appearing.

Scarlett Day Six

What is a girl to do on a grey rainy Monday? Stitch of course!

Scarlett Day Five

A productive day, I feel I made quite a lot of progress but thanks to my inability to count I spent a lot of my precious stitching time wondering where on earth I was 😀

Scarlett Day Four

I have had a couple of busy days and didn't have chance to pick up my stitching but today I have got quite a bit done.