Post #572756 by beadtiki on Thu, Jan 20, 2011 7:59 PM

Hi all. Here's the progression of the making of this tapestry.

First - this is the original picture:

...and this is the bead size (not a trick dime - MIKE!) :)

HOURS of tediously building the sky - the same color over and over - at least this part went quickly!

Then I realized I was not even CLOSE to having the right number of orange beads so I ordered them over the internet from the same place I got the first batch. Unfortunately it had been years since I had purchased the first ones so the new ones were a bit different in color. So I tore it all apart so I could mix all the orange, old and new. This is the aftermath! Looks like spaghetti and marinara!

I also tore it apart because the program I use had not been updated in a while and the pattern I made LOOKED right, but printed wrong! I figured out the fix too far after I had started the tapestry a second time so I ended up fixing it by eye along the way - which took FOREVER!

I begin again:

Here's the deer up-close:

Almost there...!

Ta Da!