Presenting... my first ever super large Chatelaine finish! Well, the center of it, anyway.
I've finished a number of Chatelaine designs before, but this is by far the largest at 351 stitches square. My next largest was Spring Knotgarden at 229 square, so Mushroom was more than double the size, at least by fabric area. I feel that Mushroom is less densely stitched than many Chatelaines, so more equivalent to a "normal" one that's 300 square? I have Chinese Garden Mandala as a WIP and it's 289 square, and I feel like it's about the same amount of work or maybe even more than Mushroom...?
Enough rambling. Picture time!
More of the center:
Mushroom corners:
Mushroom arches:
Attempt at a full shot, but this thing is SO BIG it's really hard to get a complete picture!
And a couple things I learned from working on this chonker:
- When working on something this complex, I need to fully finish each area before moving on. It's fine to do all the framework first (trees, corner borders) but once those are in, I need to finish ALL the details in one spot instead of bouncing around.
- Couching sucks but makes everything look amazing. JUST DO IT.
- It's possible to make a Lowery hold a 23x23 qsnap with only the default side clamp if you position it juuust right (aka almost perfectly vertical) but working on it is awful lol. I only did this at the very end for beading and even that was too much for me.
(Also I just realized I never posted finish pictures for Dragons of Sumatra... yikes, I am so far behind on everything! I keep this blog mainly as a record for myself but I'm not keeping up at all!)