Saturday, January 27, 2007

Medieval Town Mandala and Victorian Garden

Both of these are making progress. I'm hoping to get the center medallion on the Victorian Garden done by Wednesday, since the new one comes out on Thursday. I really like the colors. There's another round that I've almost completed of light blue/green mix (Silk n Colors Blue Sage) that looks really nice. I MIGHT get it done. On the Mandala, I'm down to the last fence and then the backstitching and Part 4 will be done. Yippee!


Friday, January 26, 2007

January Heart and Midi Mystery

Both of these made visible progress last week - there's just nothing really interesting to say about them except they should go faster! I think I'm almost done with the arches, finally. As for the heart, since this picture was taken, I've almost finished the top two lobes. It should be done rather soon.


Wednesday, January 24, 2007

Glittering Goldwork


I am SO close to getting this done. Since this picture was taken, I added copper purl to the middle of the flower. All that's left are the two small petals on the vine and outlining the flower and the one petal - and then I'm done! Yay! I've learned a lot doing it, which I'm hoping to translate to Kay Stanis' goldwork GCC that I bought most of the materials for last week. I have to start it this week - I'll probably be putting the pattern onto the silk tomorrow or Friday.

Tuesday, January 23, 2007

Mini Mandala and January Heart




Considering how small these are, it's a wonder they're not done. At least each made some progress this week. Hopefully I'll be able to finish them off very soon.

Going to Have to Speed Up


So ... I got the second block done and reread my directions. I have to have this completed by March first! So I've increased my frequency of working on this. I'm almost done with the third block now. I think, if I work on it daily, I should get it done. The hat's completely stitched as of today and I have about half of the white around it done. I'm going to add a bow to the hat in Neon Rays so it shows better.

Borders Done


I am finally done with all the borders here! Now I can do the rose in the middle, which I started yesterday. Almost done with this one.

Sunday, January 21, 2007

Ribbon Purse


The beaded strap is now fifteen inches long, meaning I'm over a third of the way done. On Saturday, after this picture was taken, I finished the third row of feather stitch on the body of the purse. I'll be doing more strapwork this week.