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I've made quite a bit of progress on this, mainly because it's become the piece I carry around while waiting for people to get done with things. The colors on the second picture are more true; it's hard to get a good picture because of the lack of contrast between the fabric and the floss. I still love the feel of Vikki Clayton's silks. After this picture was taken, I finished Part 1 and started Part 2. Part one ends at the bar below the frames. So now I'm only a month and a half behind.
Got this finished this week. I'm going to put it into a luggage tag as a gift when I get the tag. It's the ninth of ten finishes on my project challenge. Only one more to go!
I reached the point of the edge of parts 2 and 3 this week. I'll be working it from top down now. Since taking this picture, I've made more progress than usual for me in a week. I'm pleased. The colors blend into each other quite well. I'm still far behind, but at least I'm catching up, somewhat.
I didn't get much done on this this week - just managed to get the strap another inch and a half longer. I still like how it is coming along. Will be able to get it done, hopefully, soon.
I have the heart completely done now and am just filling in the background now. It looks pretty good and I got quite a bit more done since this picture, so I -should- have this done by the end of the week. It's my goal!
Still working on the first corner, though it is coming along. Got most of the colors for the triangle in there, at least, though it needs gold in it. My husband left again today for another two week trip, and I'm here with two kids, a dog, two cats and a guinea pig. My stitching has really been suffering with this whole upset schedule thing every week. Maybe when I get back from France I'll settle into a new schedule. I doubt it'll happen before then.
I got through Band D done this week, and this morning, after last night's picture but before I posted, I managed to get a good dent in the rather large Band E. Maybe I'll catch up. One day. This picture is closer to the true colors and not as yellow as last week. So far, the stitching, when I've done it, has been pretty easy.
I spent a large chunk of my stitching time this week filling in the one space on this flower. I think I did a decent job of it, even though I didn't do it the way the directions said. I really need to read them more carefully next time. The two petals flanking this one are next, and they too will be completely filled - but with a different kind of thread to be couched.
This afternoon I finished the last stitches of the rose round robin. As you can see, my husband took a picture of my part in close up and two pictures of the overall large piece. I'll be mailing this out tomorrow. I think it came out pretty well, and this also means I've completed eight projects of my ten project challenge. Now tomorrow I can start working on the needlework tools one, since Lynn's pattern came today (yay, thank you!). Hopefully that one will go a little faster.
It's looking like a real purse now. I got the second side sewn up. Didn't make any progress on the strap, though. Should be able to report progress on that next posting on this. With every step done, it's looking prettier. My husband keeps saying, "Are you sure you want to give this to our daughter?" I promised it to her, so she'll be getting it. Next step on the purse itself is beading all the edges in black.
Still coming along on this. The colors don't show up as well on these pictures. The background is light blue, for example. Haven't, yet, done a stitch on this since this picture was taken, but hope to tomorrow. I'm currently taking a break from finishing up the rose round robin to type this.
Since taking these pictures on Saturday, I've finished all the red on the roses. All I have to do is complete a couple of leaves and it'll be done. Good thing, too, since I have that other one that I got in the mail last week! For those of you keeping track, this one is the fourth of six. The needlework tools is the fifth of six. One more after that one, and mine comes home!
Got a bit more on the pots done this time. I really didn't have much stitch time last week. This week has been a -little- better so far, but I just keep feeling like I'm falling farther behind. Oh well... at least I can see some progress on everything every week, and that's why I am doing this.
I really like the copper on the inner tiling in the middle of the garden. Yes, it's all stitched in, just not on this picture. I've started filling in Parts 2 and 3. Because there are some charting errors on the Part 2 design, I'm going to be doing Parts 2 and 3 together using Part 3's chart to get it right. It's going to be hard to tell when I complete one part or the other, though.
I got at least half a line done on the huswif. It's a lot less yellow in person. Don't know what happened to the camera this week that made it so. I'll be finishing the rest of the band this week and hopefully the next band too, which is a really quick satin stitch band.
For some reason, the background fabric looks really yellow in these pictures, but you can still see the progress I've made. Tomorrow I'll be filling in the flower petals with couching. There's still a chance of me finishing this before I go to France; otherwise, I'll have to fit the frame in my suitcase. I have until the end of July to get this done. I really want it done before that.
This is the piece I got in the mail on Tuesday. It's beautiful and I have no idea what the poem says. Anyway, Lynn managed to find me a pattern I really like for it and I will be getting it in the mail next week. This is the fifth piece, so there's still Yveline's to do after this one. Thank you to all who responded with help regarding the needlework tools! I'll be keeping those sites in mind.
I really need to get this done soon, so I've been working on it most every day this week. Why? Because I received the new one in the mail day before yesterday! Time for me to get working on it. So, I'll try to finish this up next week some time. My problem is the next one. It's a French poem about stitching and is really pretty. Evidently, we're supposed to put needlework tools in the border around it. I have no real charts for thimbles, pincushions, or scissors. Does anyone know of some out there? I know about the Bleu de Chine heart, but I want to put something on there they'd not regularly come across - in other words, something by a non-French designer. If you know of something that might suit, tell me please? I'm thinking of actually going to the point of making up a pincushion chart and a thimble chart ...
After this picture was taken, I finished Part 1! I'm only two months behind. It looks really pretty, and the pictures don't do the copper metallic braid justice. I won't be doing the beads until the end because of the Q-Snap situation, but I'm pleased with the effect so far. Part 2, I've heard, is a lot of work, and it looks like it. At least I've already started.
I managed, today, to stitch the rest of the outer pink color of the heart. Still have to add the darker lines, but at this rate I -should- have this done next week. Maybe even by the end of this week. I needed a quick little project to complete and will put another short one in my rotation when I finish this one. I'm still thinking of finishing this one as an ornament, although I might put it as the top of one of those spiffy Lifesavers Sours metal boxes.
Well, I got more blue and gold done on the corner. If you want to see other colors in this part, you're out of luck. It's all blues and golds. Luckily for me, I like the combination. The very corner part somewhat mirrors the four corners already done earlier in part three. I'll be working on part five for months, I think.
Several weeks ago, Yveline wrote to me and asked me to get some extra Waterlilies for her in the color I sent her for Christmas. It took quite a while because I used Stitching Bits and Bobs, but I sent them to her last month. Last Saturday, I received these two things in the mail from her as a thank you. The hexagon is a needle case, and I'm sure I'll put it to work. The white square is an exquisite piece of hardanger - the second piece of hardanger I've ever owned. I LOVE it. Yveline won't read this, though ... she only speaks French and is part of the round robin group I belong to. I'm writing her a separate thank you and hope to get to see her and some of the others when I go to France in just under two months.
I got the mystery Huswif's first two bands done. The next band is some upside down letters and I'll at least start that next week. Even though these colors aren't really what I like, it's growing on me some. At least it's not pastel! That's the problem with mysteries, though - you never know the colorways. This one could definitely be worse.
I got the inside of the bell shaped flower done this week and will be outlining it with Jaceron in the coming on. I'm SO glad I started this after I did the other goldwork project. It gave me half a clue as to how to go about things. It's getting lots of attention from the family whenever I pull it out.
The roses are getting there. They seem to be a bit more orange than I wanted, but I'm not about to go rip everything out now and start over. It's over halfway done for sure now, and I got more done after this shot was taken. Perhaps I'll get some time tomorrow to work on it.
This week, I managed to get to the point of turning the purse layers right side out. Since taking these pictures, I sewed up the open side and mended the little areas that didn't quite get caught into the hem properly. Now to sew up the edges and make it into a real purse before beading it some more... I should get it done before going to ANG seminar in August, right? I do like the color of the lining, even if I don't like sewing it. It's slippery.
New project! My husband took the picture upside down, but he didn't know. It's the first picture he's taken of it. I actually paid for this back in November and got the first installment in February. It's the 2007 Mystery from Carol Tinson of Heirloom Embroideries. It's a huswif, something I've never done before. The silks are from Vicki Clayton and they're very smooth and wonderful to work with. I got some more done on this yesterday, so you'll see more in the picture next week. Of course, I have no hope of catching up to everyone else... but I'm used to that by now.
Still working on the first corner of Part five. Since there are four of them, this is going to take quite a while, but I'm still working along on it. Hopefully, with less running kids about and more time this week, I'll get some done.
The top picture is the one taken at the time of all the other pictures last night, and the bottom one is from this morning, with it complete. I had to stay up late waiting for company to get here through the snow, so I put the time to good use. I like the looks of it and will be turning it into a little cushion for the friend who got here late last night. This also makes finish number seven of my ten project challenge and I get to start something else. Yay! I do finish things sometimes.
Yay! I got Part B, the second leaf, done today. They look pretty good together. Now, if only I could find more time for this. I really need to get it done before I go to France, as I don't want to have to carry it in my suitcase over there and risk something happening to it. On to Part C, the inner part of the flower.
