Filling in the Circles

I messed up this week but decided to keep it anyway. I used the right color of Edmar, but the wrong type. I used Lola instead of Glory, resulting in my circle filling being a bit more pronounced than it's supposed to be. I'm keeping it, though. Didn't want to rip out the smyrnas and I'll just use Glory instead of Lola somewhere else if I have to. There are three Walneto stitches to put yet in this band, but at least I'm making stepwise progress on it.

Third Iteration

Working on the third repetition of this garden now, it's getting kind of hard to say new things about stitching it. Of course, this lack of novelty could be the flu I've had all week. Maybe when I finally shake it off in the next couple of days, I'll start thinking of new things to say. I hope none of you get it. It's nasty!

So Close to a Band

Band 5's so close to being done in this picture, and since it was taken last Friday, is now complete. Considering how wide the band is, it went very quickly. I hope the next one, equally as wide, goes as well.

Over Halfway Done

This is going well and is an easy stitch, since it's all basketweave. I'm now well over halfway done! I think it's looking cute.

Middle of the Midi

After this picture was taken, I completed part three, totally, except for the beads. Yay! The red roses had to be finished and there was a bunch of backstitching to do. But it's done. This means the thing is now well over halfway done. None of the three parts left is as big as any of the three completed. I feel like I'm finally getting somewhere on this. The roses I did this week that you can see in the picture are an algerian eye variation that took me a little bit to get the hang of, but I think they look good.

More Colors Done

I got a second color of blue and the blue variegated border done this week on the third corner. With each color done, I feel -so- much closer to completing the whole of part five. Still a lot of gold to put in, and the light colors, but it's getting there.

A Week of More Work

You can tell there's a lot more progress when I work something more often. This has really accelerated since I started working on it daily. Not only is the flag growing, so is her dress.