There is finally a bit of color in this. The background's coming along nicely; I'm on the last, but longest part. All these white threads have to be couched down in gold. At least it's started.
I've got three, not two, flowers stitched. Their stems and leaves aren't done, but the flowers themselves are. While I really love the design, I am becoming less and less a fan of the kit and stitch guide. So far, I've not been able to figure out which thread goes where on each flower because the stitch guide doesn't tell you. I've ended up substituting two different threads of my own so far, and there are no diagrams for the stitches called for. On top of that, the stitch guide's very disorganized.
Despite the problems, I'm making fairly substantial progress and will probably finish this before the end of the year. I had been thinking about buying another kit from The French Knot - a cute little Fort Worth piece, but after the way this kit has been put together, I'd rather not.
The heart's almost done. One more stitching session....
Little pieces are progress. It doesn't look like much more, but I'm steadily working to the end of this side.
I got some more done on this, too. It's beginning to call to me to just sit and finish it.
Yay, I finished something! It's Freedom Rings from The Trilogy, and I finished it here in Virginia. I'm going to make it into a door knocker, but not until I get to Moldova. Another one of my Crazy January 15 done.
A bit of progress; this one is a project that's easy to take along, as I don't have to read a chart or instructions as I do it. Top row's done and some background added.
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