Designing Pouncer

[catnapper]

My therapist recommended that I do some needlework at night to de-stress and relax. He probably thought I'd go out, buy a kit to do a little sampler..... little did the dr. expect me to design my own and stitch it!

Reference photo:


First progress photo from 2 weeks ago:


Last week's progress photo:


This morning's progress photo:


I should be done in about a week.... and then I can start designing one of the girls' photos

PS: Funny how the lighting conditions changed the coloring of the fabric and such! The middle one was scanned, so I'd say that is closst to reality.

[Laura's Babies]

WOW Kim! You are SO talented!! That is awesome! I just can't believe people can do something like that.. It looks exactly like the picture! Can't wait to see it finished and what you do with it.. Pillow? Quilt? A wall hanging?

[Randi]

Wow, it's really good - I'm very impressed! When this is finished, I bet you want to make one of the others too.

[ChrisH]

Wow! That is excellent! What a talented lady you are.

[Grace]

What everyone else said!! That is spectacular - and it's all free-hand.

[Barbara]

Wow! I know you could do that with a colour pencil- but that you can translate it freehand into needlework impresses me very much.

[katladyd]

Okay, I'm impressed...a lot!

[Anikaca77]

That is really great, I don't think I ever thought about doing that.

She's very beauitful.

[astrid]

Congrats, its awsome!!!!

[momcat]

Totally awesome!!! You've done an extraordinary job and thank you so much for sharing this with all of us. You certainly are very talented, I know the needle from the thread and that's the extent of my sewing ability.

[Scooter's Mom]

How large is it in size? Maybe you could buy one of those multi-picture frames and put one of each of your beloved kitties in there, to have for always.

It's beautiful!

[Sonia59]

Wow, it's very impressive. You are really talented!

[lvpets2002]

WoW look at your talent.. That is so Great..

[catmandu]

I am so impressed Kim. that going to be one Great Tapestry of your Little Pouncer , you could do this for the untalented Pet Talkers and make some money on the side.

[Vermontcat]

That is great! You do really nice work and you are doing it so quickly too.
I hardly have any time to do cross stitch anymore, I stick to small projects like ornaments which don't take forever to finish like some of my bigger projects.
Did you use a software program to make a cross stitch chart from a photo of Pouncer?
If you didn't and you did it all freehand, I'm really, really impressed with your talent.
I can't wait to see the finished one of Pouncer and the ones you do of your other kitties too.