#db2018

The final version of M. Lee Lunsford's Desert Bus 2018 poster.

VST postermap: http://vst.ninja/DB12/postermap/

My latest project: General Leia Organa!

It’s that time of year again: Desert Bus is almost upon us! And this is the piece I decided to make for the craft-along this year around.

It’s a little less crazy than last year’s project, taking “only” about 200 hours to sew, plus a bunch of hours to perfect the pattern. (I convert the photo to a pattern using a cross stitch program, and then spend a lot of time improving it and choosing colours.) This ended up being a bit over 20,000 stitches, and including the frame it’s about 13.5 x 14.5 inches on 18-count aida.

So, if you have seen this page before, you may be aware that I contributed to the amazing Desert Bus for Hope fundraiser last year by submitting a cross-stitch that I did. Well, I did it again this year! This time, it’s Sonic- Gotta go fast!

I spent a LOT of time this summer working on it (about 175 hours), and it does certainly look like the work did not go unnoticed. This was actually featured as a prize preview on the desert bus site about three weeks ago, and I got some really good positive feedback from Facebook and Twitter on the stitch. ( https://desertbus.org/?id=19618 ) 

It will be up from 1AM-5AM EST on Thursday the 15th as a raffle (giveaway) prize, so if you’d like a shot at owning this, make sure to make a donation to Desert Bus for Hope (http://desertbus.org )

In fact, please make LOTS of donations to Desert Bus for Hope. It’s an amazing, amazing fundraiser that sends money to children’s hospitals to provide toys and games for sick kids who deserve to have some normalcy in their life. It is an amazing community and an amazing event....please go check it out!

Oh, and here’s some more pictures if you’d like to see more!

As soon as DB2018 started, I knew I wanted to be working on something during the run. Out came the quilting boxes and I started sketching.

@bttcal did all the cutting once I made a list (my angel!!), and tonight all four of the shift banner panels are done, along with the mariner’s compass for the center.

Ongoing progress of my craftalong-but-not on https://www.instagram.com/setralynn/

Just in case you were wondering.

Desert Bus 2018 starts on Nov 9.