She's a Blonde

I started in on the Lady's hair. She's blonde, and she's coming along a bit more now. The week was weird; I had a trip and I just cannot cross stitch on the roads here. They're too bumpy. So she's got progress, but not as much as a typical week. Much better than none at all, though.

Cobi's Block Finished

I finished up Cobi's block earlier this week. The top picture is of the overall block; I found it hard to add things, and ended up leaving one patch blank because of the way the bow tail went through it. Below are the bits I did.

I added the bee and the monogram in this picture. The bee is in several stitches with petite treasure braid and ribbon; the monogram is in three rows of stem stitch using silk.

In this one I did the herringbone stitch seam in ribbon and the bead and silk flower cluster. I guess doing that silk ribbon class has made me want to experiment some.

I did the bead seam treatment in this picture. It's a fly stitch with the spine in one color and the outliers in another. I like the effect and will use it again.

Another bee here, done in a different manner. I got the pattern for it from some Jacobean embroidery plates. The bee up top was one I sketched myself.

For this area, there was a print on the fabric that just needed some oomph, so I did some outlining and emphasis on it. The block was mailed back to Cobi yesterday. I hope she likes it when she gets it.

Car Project Finished

I am one of those people who hate waiting without doing anything, ergo I have a car project. Especially on long trips, it gives me something to do. This afghan has been my car project since last summer and I finished it on the way home from Pittsburgh on Saturday. It'll be going to the local VA hospital to be used. Now I have to remember to put a new project in the car.

Round Robin Brings Craziness

Yay, I received my block back from its trip to others. Thank you Cobi, Debbie, Jill and Melissa for working on it! I'll be making it into a wall hanging when I get back from my trip. I like how it turned out. When you send things out like this, you never know how it will turn out. I'm very lucky because it came out in a way I like!

This block is the last one in the group for me to work on. It's Cobi's and it's been a challenge to figure out what to do with it. I knew as soon as I saw it what I wanted to do with the lower left corner. The rest - I had no clue. This picture is before my work. I completed it last night after working on it all day Sunday and yesterday. I'll post pictures of the work I did on it later.

More Filling, Less Stitches

The filling's coming along, it seems. I'm definitely over halfway done with the third quarter, which makes me feel good, even if others are working on the ninth part. I never keep up with the releases of the chart parts of these, so it doesn't bother me anymore. I'll get it done and it will be beautiful.

Shawl Finished

I finished putting the fringe on the shawl on Thursday and mailed it out on Friday. My son watched me put the fringe on and said it was a lot easier than he had imagined it would be done. I think I'll probably make a few more of these for Christmas gifts and so on. They're quick and easy and warm and sooo soft. Didn't learn anything new in doing it, but that's okay.

Curlicues and Flower Pots

I've started more than the outline of the band now, startng in on the pots. There's quite a bit more to put into the middle of each of the three areas, but at least it's coming along.