Purse Progress

Just plugging along on this. I'm almost done with the third line of beading on the body of the purse and got another couple of inches done on the strap. Maybe I'll have it done by the end of the year.

The Four Chatelaines

Something got done on all four of these this week. I'm hoping to have Part 1 of Mystery X done by the end of the month - it's not really a LOT of stitching. On Medieval Town Mandala, I got the cross stitching done on the flowers on all four sides - now I've started on the fences for the four sides (since this picture). Hopefully I'll get Part 4 done in the next couple of weeks. On the Midi Mystery, I am STILL working on the green arch. It's getting more and more done. And on the mini mandala, I've gotten some more done. It's really not that big and should be done soon. I hope.

January Heart

Every year in January, my local EGA chapter (Pocono Mountain) does a heart project. This year was no different, and I had signed up and paid for it before I found out about the 10 project challenge so... i ended up starting it Monday night. It's sideways. Don't blame my husband, I didn't tell him which side was up! The light pink is the widest point of the heart, so it should be a quick finish. It's just a really simple cross stitch piece.

Progress on Needlepoint

I'm very happy to say I can see real progress on both of these. The bargello has all the outer borders done except for the last two sides of the elongated cross stitch on the very rim. On the auction piece, the flower box is almost done. I'll be doing more French knots today on the flowers. It gives a lot more dimensionality to the picture. Maybe by the end of the week I'll be filling in background on that rectangle.

Goldwork Gets Going

This is making more progress this week - I got the whole petal done with the woven couching. Now I just have to plunge the rest down on that. I'll probably get to that today or tomorrow. Then laying down a lot of paillettes! It's beginning to take shape. I'm hoping to finish this off by the end of the month.

First Finish of the New Year

When I went out to pick up lunch, I mailed this one back to France. It's Laurence H.'s piece for the round robin. Surprisingly, I haven't received anything from Muriel yet. Maybe she's doing a lot? Anyway, I'm kind of happy with my L and I hope she likes it! Now to get something else done this year. And this counts as one of my ten projects for my challenge.

Ribbons and Roses Update

I didn't post a picture of this last week because I got absolutely none of it done. It's really hard to do a beading project on the road. So... this is a picture as of Sunday afternoon. I got the third row of fly stitch started and the strap is now almost a third of the way done at thirteen inches. Maybe I'll have it done in time for next Christmas.