My contribution to the arts for 2020

[dianec42]

Click to embiggen!


I designed it myself, using graph paper and software (Jane Greenoff Gold from around 2002 which I HATE and really need to upgrade to something reasonable, bu I digress). I stitched the house on the right and decided I hated the contrast, so the house on the left is a shade darker. I stitched using an unholy amalgam of Anchor and DMC threads from my stash.

I'm planning on updating the chart to show (DMC versions of) the colors I actually used, then releasing the chart as a PDF. Who knows, maybe Reddit will like it and other people will do it.

A friend of mine want to know if I'm selling them. LOL! I am slow and easily distracted and we'd probably be halfway through the NEXT pandemic before I complete another one. It was fun though.

P.S. Sorry for the terrible photo. I was excited!

P.P.S. This was my first time embroidering a hashtag. Also my first time actually embroidering a swear word. (They are always a part of my process but they're normally just said out loud, not captured in thread.)

Comments

[angrboda]

Oh nice work! :)

As for software, I have KG-Chart pro, although I don't know if that would be an upgrade or not. I only rarely use it, to be honest, but I needed it at the time, so I bought it and it worked well for my purpose. Unfortunately it doesn't seem to be supported any more. The most recent update listed on their website appears to be in 2018.

[lilacsigil]

Great topic and I love the hashtags!

[dianec42]

Thanks! I had a terrible moment when I had to undo and redo some of the stitching because I'd accidentally done "Covid9" lol!

[fred_mouse]

Love it!

[dianec42]

Here goes nothing! PDFs of the chart and the key:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1n94MV-p3tIGDTqcqWuQkuTKehLDRIm-j/view?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1CFxN58yMiPipwbgkWiRdpbxH6eOWddTi/view?usp=sharing

Chart and key, not necessarily in that order. Can anyone try those links and see if I did that right? Should be PDFs. Thanks.