Not So Joyful

I am on a really boring and dense stitch at the moment.  It's time consuming!

Little Diamonds

Filling in with little diamonds on the central petal.

Outlining

I've almost got the flower outlined.  Then I can start the fun patterning stuff.

Joyful Beginning

This is the beginning of Make a Joyful Stitch, a group correspondence course from EGA.  I have done the tracing and started the outline of the flower so far.  It's a start.

A Decision

I've decided to put this aside for now; I'm beginning to resent it, and stitching isn't supposed to be punishment!  So it's in my started-to-do-later cubby.  I think it's a combination of the way the lines are hard to see and that I'm not good at it.

Over Halfway

I've gotten most of the outlining done and I'm not really sure I like the piece at all.  It may be because I changed the color of the fabric.

Crooked Picture

The photo is slightly crooked, but it does show that I've gotten one of the middle flowers done and put a good dent in the second.  Going through my fairly bad transfer job, I wonder if there's a transfer service out there for those of us who are inept at doing it?

Top's Done

Still outlining, but the top third is done now.  Time to start the middle.

More Leaves

A little bit more outlining done.  I think the contrast is looking pretty good, if a bit nontraditional.

One More Line

I'm afraid my line doesn't look too good.  I hope to get better as I go.  

One flower Outlined

There's a bit of progress with this.  I've been so slow with my stitching lately because I've been doing other things - from murder mystery dinners to working nearly full time.  Been a busy month.

Liesel Begun

I started this year's group correspondence course for me - Liesel.  It's schwalm embroidery and normally done white on white.  Being me, I changed that.  The design is traced and I've started the knotted outlines.

Fallen Leaves Pilot

I stitched this while I was still living in Montevideo!  Nearly two years later, I can show it to you - it's finally been released by EGA.  This is a crewel sampler called Fallen Leaves, and is one of the new group correspondence courses.  I, naturally, changed up the colors and used Gumnuts wools instead of the recommended Appleton.  I also used some Weeks Dye Works fabric instead of  the recommended.  I think it turned out pretty well.

Poppy Pilot

I finished this last year, but haven't been able to show it until now.  The new group correspondence course was unveiled in Inside EGA last week, so I'm free to share.  This is a crewel piece, and about seven inches tall.  The overall design is fairly easy, and the colors I used were all from stash.  I liked doing it; I just wish EGA would offer some more challenging pieces.

The Other Secret Temari

Here is the second temari from Barb Suess' new EGA correspondence course.  It's called Blue Heaven.  Lots of stars and sparklies.  You can tell on some of the stars that my marking was off a little bit.

Secret Temari One

A few months ago, I piloted Barb Suess' new temari course for EGA.  This temari, called Baby Blue, is one of two I made for it and my favorite.  Since EGA announced the course a few days ago in Inside EGA, I can now show it off!

Tiramisu's Done!

I finished it last week, but am just now getting around to posting the picture. Here's a complete Tiramisu! Now I have to figure out what to do with it. I'm thinking of finishing the edges and making it into a table runner. Anyway, a year and a half or more of work went into it and it's one big project done.

So Close and Upside Down

For the past month, I've been using a computer that's not mine. Mine's in the Dell shop getting repaired. Luckily, it's still under warranty. So I can't rotate this picture for you as I normally would. It's Tiramisu, of course, but upside down. It's also showing that I'm on the very last band. So close to being done! Next time I work on it, it's finished.

Two and a Half of Five

Two and a half of five medallions done. I'll be done with this, for certain, before the end of the year.

A Medallion and a Half

The next to last band is five medallions. I've already got one and a half done. I really liked the clean lines of this one, so I'm doing it all in one thread instead of several shades.