FotM - June Edition!

Here we are for my June installment of the Flower of the Month SAL as hosted by Alyssa at Brownie's Chair! And I have emerged victorious! The February Violets are finally done!  More exclamation points!

YAY

I can't believe I had so much trouble with this particular design. I suppose it was as Preeti said, so many color changes! I have looked over the remaining patterns and it looks like the rest are not nearly as involved as this one.  whew


And here's the GIF of this project! Towards the end it looks like I've gotten a bit better at taking mostly similar pictures haha.  I will try to do one for each of the months excluding March as it was finished 5 years ago and I am unfortunately not in possession of a TARDIS or Delorean.

Technical Details
  • "February: Violets" freebie pattern by Ellen Maurer-Stroh, found here
  • 2 over 1 on 14-count ecru huck towel (called for 3 over but I thought 2 looked okay)
  • Finished size: 4.50 x 4.50" (11,50 x 11,50 cm)
  • Started: February 19, Finished: June 16.  unknown hours as I didn't keep track during vacation, oops!

where the collection now stands

But wait!

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I got started on April's Sweet Pea! It's stitching up much faster than violets; there is only one large flower and two tiny ones left to do.  It helps when one doesn't have Must Do projects haha.  Again, I didn't have all of the charted colors so I went stash diving to see what I could come up with.  I hope they look okay!

I shall see you next time!  It is a wonderful 3-day weekend for the celebration of MURICA.  Even though I don't have any stitches for it, the 4th is hands down my favorite holiday.  Bring on the fireworks and BBQs~! :D
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22 comments:

  1. Jacquie MorrisJuly 1, 2015 at 2:00 AM

    Wow!! Never seen a video clip of progress before... It's awesome!! And your flowers look great.... Such pretty colours.
    Big smiles :)

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  2. twinpeakprimitivesJuly 1, 2015 at 3:02 AM

    Congrats on such a wonderful finish Rosey! It looks superb!

    April sweet pie also looks so beautiful! Such a pretty flower series you are working on ♥♥♥

    Happy 4th of July! Have fan with fireworks and BBQ :))

    Hugs

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  3. PamelaJuly 1, 2015 at 5:46 AM

    Your flowers are very pretty!

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  4. Mii StitchJuly 1, 2015 at 6:44 AM

    Wow! Well done!! Congratulations on finishing your flowers :) You did it :D
    Your new start looks promising too and much simpler & easier to stitch! Have fun!

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  5. VickieJuly 1, 2015 at 7:19 AM

    Woo hoo! Looks pretty. And you know I am loving the sweet peas. ;)
    Happy 4th to you!

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  6. HeatherJuly 1, 2015 at 10:27 AM

    Great job! I like the slideshow I was planning on doing something like that for my next project!

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  7. LindaJuly 1, 2015 at 10:59 AM

    Congrats on the great finish and start Rosey. I think the colors looks great.

    Linda

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    1. rosey175July 2, 2015 at 9:16 AM

      Thank you so much~ :D I am glad the colors are working out. Unknown flosses can be a bit of an adventure!

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  8. PreetiJuly 1, 2015 at 12:59 PM

    Congrats on the beautiful finish, Rosey!! :) love the entire collection. Sweet pea is looking perfect, I always try to quick fix with whatever I have in stock unless it is a portrait that demands a specific shade only. Enjoy 4th July!!
    Did you create the animated GIF or is it a stop gap animation?

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  9. Daniela BencúrováJuly 1, 2015 at 2:13 PM

    Oh, dear Rosey, your collection of flowers is beautiful!
    Even pea will be beautiful!

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  10. BeccaJuly 1, 2015 at 4:52 PM

    Very pretty! Love the gif, just seen one of those before, it's very cool.

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  11. ReaperJuly 1, 2015 at 8:37 PM

    Congrats on finishing the violets they look amazing! I love seeing your whole collection together; all the towels are so colorful :-). Well done on your start of the Sweet Peas too, hopefully they'll continue to stitch up really smoothly.

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    1. rosey175July 2, 2015 at 9:17 AM

      Yay thank you~ :D The violets were especially painful so I am glad they are out of the way. I like the idea of showing off the collection too. Sweet peas have continued smoothly and only a little bit remains, weeeee~

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  12. gominamJuly 1, 2015 at 11:18 PM

    congrats on the finish. Love the progress video, like seeing all the progress updates rolled into one video, nice idea! Sweet pea looks adorable too, love he colors on this one. Happy stitching:)

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    1. rosey175July 2, 2015 at 9:19 AM

      Thank you so much~ :D I used this website: http://gifmaker.me/ but I had to crop the images to the same dimensions to avoid a white border. No way to add a watermark though, unless I did it on every frame (lazy~).

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  13. StephJuly 4, 2015 at 2:35 PM

    Well done on the finish ,it looks fabulous. Great start on the new flower stitch too. They look so pretty all together. Happy 4th of July, hope you have a magically marvellous day. XOX

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  14. JulieJuly 5, 2015 at 6:05 AM

    Wonderful finish, they all look so beautiful.

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  15. BrigitteJuly 5, 2015 at 10:41 AM

    Oh wow, how beautiful they are all together on the picture. What a wonderful series with such great flowers, all of them in a different colour range.

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  16. Desiree EhleiterJuly 9, 2015 at 6:53 PM

    What a wonderful idea to make them into a set of towels. I LOVE that idea!!!! And I love your slideshow! I'm really enjoying the sweetpeas that I just started this week. Your's are looking so beautiful.

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    1. rosey175July 10, 2015 at 4:21 PM

      Thank you!! I have a thing with making stitches be somewhat "useful". I have hardly any work on the walls! The sweet peas were a huge relief after those ornery violets! :D

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  17. KaisievicJuly 13, 2015 at 12:05 AM

    Oh, your violets are so pretty, Rosey, so worth all of the work!

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  18. Dani - tkdchickJuly 14, 2015 at 10:55 AM

    Congrats the Violets are just lovely!

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