Scottish Tapestry Update – getting closer!

Here’s a wee update for all of you who are following the progress of The Great Tapestry of Scotland panel that my group of stitchers, The Edinburgh Tenners, have been working on. More info about this project here and here and here. There is also a Facebook page with loads of photos of all the other panels.
Liz and Katherine have been stitching the fish including this beautiful one above, which I don’t think it is even finished yet!

I absolutely love the way Joan H and Nikhat have stitched the water, using a variety of intricate stitches. Close up it’s even better!
Joan L is working on the otter, he is filled with very neat rows of chain stitch but is still to have his face applied.

Susan recently started working on the wolf/dog and I can tell already that it’s going to be amazing, it just looks so strokeable already!

Marg has been working so hard on the horse, one of the largest animals on the panel. His coat looks so sleek and the ear is amazing (again you really need to see it up close!).

In my last update I showed you the hair I had done on the cavewoman. I was quite pleased with it until I saw Katherine’s attempt at the man’s hair, which is just incredible! I think it’s my favourite bit on the whole panel so far.
Joy and Elizabeth have been working hard to fill in the men’s tops with stem stitch.

As has Morag with the woman’s top stitched in split stitch.
I have been working on the woman’s ‘belt’ and her skirt. The belt was something she wore around her waist for gathering nuts and berries. I thought it would be good to accentuate the folds of the belt by using different textures, and as they would only have animal skins to wear, I thought I would try some fur ‘trim’! It’s worked in a sort of ‘carpet’ stitch with loops that you trim afterwards.
I’ve realised that the quickest, most efficient way to fill these large areas is with couching. So that’s what I’ve done with the large areas of the belt and the scarf.