Starfle Me

More slick thread to work with, and more string art. I got both sets of starfles done this week. Not sure what I do next. I just -hope- it's not more of the Edmar. That stuff's hard to work with. I'm going to have to do some repair work when I'm done with this. My puppy Mattie dragged it off my desk and managed to break a couple of threads on the crescents on the band above. She's getting into everything, and she's tall enough that nothing's safe.

Three To Go

Three more letters to go, so five done. Nothing spectacular to talk about, just progress this week.

Third Corner Progress

The third corner is coming along pretty well and is about halfway done. These corners go much more quickly than the gardens of part three did. I've decided to get rid of the lazy daisy stitches and do back stitches instead on the vines. The lazy daisies just aren't standing up very well. That'll be done once I have all the cross stitch done on this part.

Still Bordering

I'm still working on the top border of the eighth band. The soysilk is still shredding in single plies, so I'm having to take it really carefully. On the other hand, it's over halfway done.

Spring Flowers

I've completed my first motif for Ann K's favorite things block. She wanted flowers, so I gave her flowers in three different styles and added a few insects for good measure. I'll be doing a seam next.

Algerian Rhodes

I'm feeling happy about the progrss I made this week. One full corner (the top left) is done and half the Algerian eyelets are done on a second. I feel like I'm making real progress toward the next step on this.

Bringing It Down

This week I added more red to the flag, bringing the overall flag farther down. It's a biiiig flag, though, so there are several more red and white patches to go. I also outlined one of the major folds of her skirt, bringing it down almost to the end of the pole. Really beginning to make visible progress on this.