Although I had packed it away, apparently the project was still filed towards the top of my memory. In December I saw light box that was on sale at a local art supply store. Finally I had a work in progress that screamed for a light box. And since up to that point I hadn't been able to come up with anything that I wanted for Christmas, I decided to let Santa bring me one. And Santa was happy to obliged. OK, to be perfectly honest I took Santa to the art store and he stood by me while I bought it. But what really matters is that I got this for Christmas:
Because we were going to spend Christmas with family, Santa dropped my present off a little early. But I was a good girl and didn't open it before Christmas. In fact, you could probably say I was a little naughty because I didn't open it until this week. But it's open now, and already been put to use.
I pulled it out,
and started tracing,
and turned my project from this...
to this:
to this:
And after a couple of hours of stitching
and watching Extreme Makeover Home Edition my project had become this:
I love the progress so far. The light box, combined with the fact that the disappearing ink seems to stick around a lot longer than before, made getting to this point so much easier.
Next step--the painting, which I'm hoping to have done by the end of the week.
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