Dance Like An Egyptian

Egyptian Sampler is done! I woke up a few days ago and decided that I was just going to put Ohm aside and push for a finish. I've wanted to stitch this for a long time and I'm so happy that it's actually finished instead of languishing in my WIP pile.

There's just so much detail in this, but it doesn't feel like it. I think it's because it's just one motif after another, so it feels like lots of small happy dances.

I'm very glad I stitched the border as I went along instead of leaving it to the end. Funny (as in ha-ha-no) story: I was actually beading around the blue flowers when I realized that five of the star stitches were a stitch off. They weren't even wrong in a way I could pretend was creative; just wrong. So I had to take a break from the beading to go back to cross stitching. It threw off my beading zen a bit.

The over-one was alright but I'm so glad I didn't have to frog any of it.

Looking back I'm surprised at how much I enjoyed this, right up to the end. I usually get bored and the last stretch can sometimes be a real slough. But not for this. Still, I think it'll be a while before my next Teresa Wentzler (probably Peacock Majesty).

I think I'm going to pull out Deco Spirits for a bit now. Maybe finish off one of the Spirits.

Title	Egyptian Sampler
Designer	TWDesignworks
Start date	January 1, 2014
Finish date	June 3, 2014
Total time	231.75 hours
Fabric	28 ct antique white lugana