The Benefit Of Daily Stitching

It feels good to see so much progress on this piece.  I'm getting a lot more done as I work on it just about daily.  The backstitching at the bottom gets one length of thread daily and the cross stitch on the side, two.  I am hoping to have this done now by the end of the year so I can frame it at MolDeco before I leave.  Still three more parts to go - all edging - and a lot of beads to put on, but it's my goal.

Romanian Point Lace

There is a lady at the art park who sells Romanian point lace.  She has a wide selection and it's pretty obviously handmade, unlike a lot of the big crochet pieces at the park.  I was down at the park with a few other people and saw this.  I paid less than $8 for it.  It's pretty and I will be getting more and bigger pieces before we leave the country.

Verse Done

The verse is done!  Only a few more small bands.  Yay!

On To The Second

Working on the second leaf now as I make my way across.

I Don't Know Why....

 I won this pair of pants at the Hospice Angelus ball last month.  I'm still trying to figure out why they put them in a random draw.  They're fitted and a specific size that's really hard to fit (tall and very skinny).  I mean, they're cute and I'm sure the artist put a lot of effort into them, but ... really?  Did they expect people to magically get the right one to fit?  Thhere were a lot of problems like this at the ball this year.

Anyway, they're off to someone I hope will fit into them.

Closing Windows

There's some more window stitching done along with the roof.  Slowly I'm getting things stitched.  This piece is so huge I feel like I'm spinning my wheels.

Bordering Down

Obviously this piece hasn't been blocked, with the swerve at the top.  I've been working on the left border this time.