Spiraling Corners

I did more string art this week - spirals in the two top corners. They took up a lot of thread but were fairly easy to do. The hardest part was working with the rayon threads. They're from Edmar and are meant for Brazilian embroidery. All I know is that they tangle often and coil around themselves, making these string art bits with them extra difficult. They look pretty, at least. I don't think I'd use them for a project of my design, though. I'd be more likely to use a silk perle or something similar.

Header Half Way

I'm over half done with the header now. Those letters are wide, so they take up a lot of floss. Easy stitching, though. There are only three colors of floss for the whole design.

A New Block

The CQ Embellishing group on yahoo is having a round robin. The theme is "my favorite things". The steampunk block I posted a couple of weeks ago is part of that round robin. I received Ann K.'s block a week ago and have started working on it. She has a LOT of favorite things, so it's pretty easy to put something on her block. What I've started on the light blue area is a small flower garden. The stems are stitched now, with whipped chain stitch. I've crocheted three small flowers for it and will be adding a button or two and some ribbon flowers for the rest. Then I'll work on a couple of seams.

Two Down, Two to Go

Two of the corners are now done and I've made a good dent on the third. These go pretty quickly, even though there are three different colors of blue in each. I'll be happy when I can go beyond this central square.

Band 8 Started

I finished band seven this week and started band eight. Only four more bands to go. Eight is a large one, and I tried something different for the top part - I took apart the plies of one of the colors of perle thread. It's very fragile to work with, so I wouldn't recommend it. It doesn't pill - it just pulls apart unexpectedly.

Halfway There

I finished up my tenth installment last week and am now officially halfway done with this leafy sampler. Some of the motifs are completely done; some are partial; and I'm sure there are some surprises left. For example, I have no clue what's going to be going on in the corners. Maybe the next installment will have one.

... Is Half Done

I'm about halfway done with part five and even got a bit of part six done this week. I might even have part five done by the end of August.