Stitching Along with Marquoir

This week I started another project with the Marquoir group. They started it about two months ago, but I wanted to get caught up, or at least finish the Spring Mystery, before starting more. This is the first part of Kaleidoscope Mandala from Ink Circles. Tracy Horner, the designer and owner of Ink Circles, graciously allowed us access to it. I'm doing it in the original colors but in Vikki Clayton's silks.

Doesn't Look Like Much

Because there were looooong lines this week, it doesn't look like much progress. There were as many stitches as usual. They just didn't result in more than a line or two of progress down the pattern.

Through a Window Darkly

I filled in a pane and a half on the window above the door this week. Not bad progress.

Biking Off

Bibendum's bike and leg both got some work this past week. His bike, outside of the tires, is done, and his leg's got just the foot to add. I'm getting close to completion.

Banding

On the left, you can see how the top band of the bag is going to look. I'm at about the two-thirds point on the top color's extension. I really like the thread, but for some reason, this is harder for me to stitch than other things.

Adding Some Rice

I added rice stitches along the border this week. There is supposed to be a marked difference between the one strand and two strand rice stitches, but it's less noticeable that the directions imply. Anyway, the major part of the piece is done. Now I'm gliding down the back half.

Acanthus Forming

I got some of the acanthus formed on the second egg and all the dark green on the second line, since the first one is done. Things are coming along nicely, and it was the last of the stuff that got two rounds of work this week. You can really tell the difference between just two and four needles-ful of floss.