Begin the Rose

Finally, finally, I've started the middle of the picture - you know, the REAL part. I've nearly completed the big rose and have two small roses, a vine and a few petals to put in. The stitches are rather large, so this will go along quickly, I hope.

Auction Piece Progress, Really!

Three sections done, four to go. I got the hat section done this week and am debating whether to outline the pink ribbon or overlay a matching colored satin ribbon over it to highlight it. Next up is the watering can. I started working on it yesterday. Still have to have this in the mail by March first, but I THINK I'll make the deadline. This is the only piece I make sure I do something on every single day.

Medieval Town Mandala and Victorian Garden

Both of these are making progress. I'm hoping to get the center medallion on the Victorian Garden done by Wednesday, since the new one comes out on Thursday. I really like the colors. There's another round that I've almost completed of light blue/green mix (Silk n Colors Blue Sage) that looks really nice. I MIGHT get it done. On the Mandala, I'm down to the last fence and then the backstitching and Part 4 will be done. Yippee!

January Heart and Midi Mystery

Both of these made visible progress last week - there's just nothing really interesting to say about them except they should go faster! I think I'm almost done with the arches, finally. As for the heart, since this picture was taken, I've almost finished the top two lobes. It should be done rather soon.

Glittering Goldwork

I am SO close to getting this done. Since this picture was taken, I added copper purl to the middle of the flower. All that's left are the two small petals on the vine and outlining the flower and the one petal - and then I'm done! Yay! I've learned a lot doing it, which I'm hoping to translate to Kay Stanis' goldwork GCC that I bought most of the materials for last week. I have to start it this week - I'll probably be putting the pattern onto the silk tomorrow or Friday.

Mini Mandala and January Heart

Considering how small these are, it's a wonder they're not done. At least each made some progress this week. Hopefully I'll be able to finish them off very soon.

Going to Have to Speed Up

So ... I got the second block done and reread my directions. I have to have this completed by March first! So I've increased my frequency of working on this. I'm almost done with the third block now. I think, if I work on it daily, I should get it done. The hat's completely stitched as of today and I have about half of the white around it done. I'm going to add a bow to the hat in Neon Rays so it shows better.