The Last E Ticket Ride update

Here is a project that I've been working on for my family room. It's called The Last E Ticket Ride by James Christensen. Here is what the finished piece is suppose to look like:




I just finished page 2 of the pattern the other day, so here is my progress. I'm doing it 2 over 1 on 20ct hardanger fabric. This was before I tried tent stitches. I think things would be going much faster if I was doing that.:



I think it's kind of cool but the confetti stitches in the face and lower right area were a pain in the ass. I've got to come up with a better way to do confetti stitches. I started this project 2 years ago (October 2009). I've worked on a lot of other projects since then because it didn't take me a whole year to do each page. I'm going to make a conscious effort to work on projects for me and not try to do so many as gifts. Every time I think about doing something as a gift I put my projects aside to do them. That is why it's taken 2 years to do 2 pages . . . and why my walls are bare in my house. I haven't been able to finish anything to hang up.