Flowers Done

I got the flowers done on the right side this week and even managed, barely, to start some of the stitching on part four - directly below part three. At this rate I'm certain I'll get this done this year. It's going along more quickly than it was last year. I think part two was just soooo big it was hard to get past. There are still a lot of specialty stitches to add to this part once the cross stitches are done, though.

Edging Around

I got more than usual done on this last week. The outer edge on the inside, some gold, and some blue. I doubt I'll finish this corner before the end of the month, but I'll definitely finish it in February. My goal is still to finish this whole piece by the end of the year. I was looking through the thread kit the other day and there are several colors I have yet to use at all so far. Maybe they'll be in the houses around the edges.

An Unexpected Finish

I ended up finishing this today because I couldn't really work on anything else for several reasons. I needed something easy and mindless and this was it. Sagittarius is done and the piece will be mailed out tomorrow. Now I'm down to one cross stitch round robin piece and one crazy quilt round robin block in my possession. It doesn't count for a finish because all the supplies were included. So I'm still stuck on 22 of 25 projects done for my challenge.

Light Gold Skirt

This week was filling in more skirt, the lighter area almost ad the edge. This piece is just big and it's hard to see progress sometimes because the piece I've done in the past week is so much smaller than the overall bit. This one is in my daily queue after the Celtic Knot. Then I'll show a lot more progress every week! For now, it's getting worked on and it is getting bigger, at least. The blocks of color make it much easier to work on.

Flowers and Leaves

I've made a lot of progress on this this week. I even learned how to make bullion roses. For a novice, I think they came out pretty well. Now I'm down to the big flowers and leaves. Since I'm working on this every day now, I hope to finish them by the end of the week, so I can send it to evaluation at the beginning of the month.

I think some of it would translate better to silk, especially the smaller flowers. Maybe next project I'll mix fibers.

Taking Shape

The lower edge of the current stitching is the lower edge of the top half. It's coming along pretty well. At the rate I'm going with the crewel, this will be my daily project by next week. Only three colors on this so far, and whole stitches only. Worst thing to watch out for is miscounting. The yellow braid is looking good on the green.

Started, Frogged, Started Again

I'd worked on this earlier in the week and picked it up again yesterday. When I worked a little bit farther, I found out I was off center by one square, so I had to frog the whooooole thing. I'm back now, after the frogging, to just a bit more stitching on it than when I started yesterday. At least it's right now, and I've learned never to trust the square on top of the one I'm stitching for centering. The stitching, as you can see from the mini-saga, goes quickly on this. There are very few color changes. I'll have it done by the end of the month, even just in regular rotation. At least, close to done.