An Island Home

This is the project I picked for the ANG Cyberpointers (gads, I hate that name!) test meeting. The line drawing itself is from the Classic Stitches website. They suggested using Anchor threads and long and short stitch for it. Their version looked very nice, but I'm the experimental type and was told by my co-committee heads that I needed to "add value" to the project instead of just putting this one out there. So, I managed to add more stitch types to it and stitch from my stash instead of going out and buying new colors.

I like the way it's turning out. It's a bit more abstract than the original. I probably would change the buttonhole gobelin stitches on the cottage to something else, but I like the way the stitches are coming together for everything else.

Little Row Done

I finished off the last bit of the row this week and started the next band, another really big one. It's going into the "after the blitz" pile, and hopefully I'll have more enthusiasm for it after Christmas.

Curling Up the Gold

I added a lot of the gold this week and it's made the area look almost complete. Still have the turn and bottom parts of this corner and two more corners, but I do feel like I'm making progress on this. It's going to get plugged away on during this blitz.

Long Line...

I ended up using some metallic braid this week on the Lady. She, of course, is in my rotation until she's done, since she's on a deadline. I've gotten a bit more done since this picture, and she's at the point where you can tell she's got a form.

Over Halfway There

Froggie number two's body is all done, and he just needs his head and upper arms in this picture. Since it's been taken, he's been completed and froggie number three and last has been started. Maybe, just maybe, I can have it done by the end of the week. It needs to be, so I can move on to other things. This and the chicken are the two projects worked on every day.

Adding Some Glitz

Because this one is supposed to be -somewhat- small, I'm keeping it on my rotation during the Christmas Blitz. Maybe I can finish it! This week, I added the flare cashmere stitches on some of the arms. The rest will be coming this week, and starting the braids on each of the sides. It's easy and quick to do when I work on it.

Go Round in Circles...

Lots of Jessicas in this band. I got about five done and had to rip them out because I was off by one thread. Now they're placed right and I'm putting this aside for the Christmas blitz. Expect to see it again in a month or six weeks. I do like working on it, though.