Fairy Done

Decided that this wasn't much stitching, so when it came up in the rotation today, I just finished it. It'll be going out in the mail tomorrow. The piece was really easy and wasn't nearly as weird as some of the ones in this round robin I've stitched. It looks, though, like this group is going to disband before the end - three of the twelve people have pulled out. I -hope- I get my Lizzie Kate piece. I'm beginning to think that I just can't do round robins in English and cross stitch and expect to get them worked all the way through.

A New Course, Kind Of

On Wednesday, I started stitching the 17th Century English Sampler by Ilse Altherr. It's one of EGA's group correspondence courses, and I'm doing it with a group from my local chapter - Pocono Mountain. We're meeting monthly and stitching it together. I had to leave early to pick my son up from work, so I didn't get much done. On the other hand, it's now on my rotation ... so it will get some work this week. As usual, I changed up lots of colors.

Took Myself on a Guilt Trip

After posting the lack of progress on this block this morning, I spent most of the afternoon and evening embellishing it. I hope the person I made these embellishments for likes it. The fan is a combination of free embroidery, goldwork, and beading. The seam treatments are pretty easy, but after all the work on the fan, I didn't want to glitz -everything- out. Three more people work on it before it gets back to its owner. In fact, I'll be popping it in the mail to Europe in the morning. The next one for me to work on, a tea cosy, came in the mail yesterday.

Not Much Progress

The quilt block mainly languished this week. I did add a goldwork fan outline and am working on it this weekend, hoping to finish it. When I've got it done, I'll be posting.

Another Month, Another Calendar

This is the last cross stitch round robin piece currently in my possession. It's a series of little fairies. They're small and this one should go really quickly. I know there are a few I still haven't stitched on, but I don't know where they are, so ... when they show up, I'll do them. I'm hoping to have this one out the door within the next couple of weeks.

Quilt Done

This quilt was a scrap random thing that I did a couple of years ago and then left half quilted when I got bored with it. I finished it this week and am letting my husband figure out what to do with it. As per suggestions from a previous post, he may frame it. It's not great work, but it's a kind of cute little nothing.

Crewel Finish

This is an on time finish for my group correspondence course - it'll be mailed on Monday. It's also the last piece in my 25 project challenge. I think overall it came out pretty well. If I'd been thinking about it, I would have reversed to colors of the bullion flowers on the top left and the pink spiky flowers on the bottom. The top lily-looking flower looks a bit skimpy in the full sized photo, but it doesn't in person. My laying and couching to get it straight and exact still needs a bit of work. Overall, I'm pretty satisfied with how it turned out. Now to get it evaluated.