Medieval Town Mandala

Still working on the first corner, though it is coming along. Got most of the colors for the triangle in there, at least, though it needs gold in it. My husband left again today for another two week trip, and I'm here with two kids, a dog, two cats and a guinea pig. My stitching has really been suffering with this whole upset schedule thing every week. Maybe when I get back from France I'll settle into a new schedule. I doubt it'll happen before then.

A Couple More Plants

I got two more plants done on the pots and progressed a little more on the terra cotta. Once I finish them, I have a lot of Rhodes stitches to do, but they go a lot faster than the cross stitching sometimes.

Panda Pals Framed

Some of you may remember this piece of stitching - I finished it around Christmas. My husband completed the frame and assembled it today. Didn't he do a great job? I really like it, but it's going to my best friend's mother, who collects pandas. I hope she enjoys it. Won't know until Memorial Day weekend, when she goes to visit her son and pick it up.

Huswif Banding

I got through Band D done this week, and this morning, after last night's picture but before I posted, I managed to get a good dent in the rather large Band E. Maybe I'll catch up. One day. This picture is closer to the true colors and not as yellow as last week. So far, the stitching, when I've done it, has been pretty easy.

Filling in a Space

I spent a large chunk of my stitching time this week filling in the one space on this flower. I think I did a decent job of it, even though I didn't do it the way the directions said. I really need to read them more carefully next time. The two petals flanking this one are next, and they too will be completely filled - but with a different kind of thread to be couched.

Rose Round Robin Completed!

This afternoon I finished the last stitches of the rose round robin. As you can see, my husband took a picture of my part in close up and two pictures of the overall large piece. I'll be mailing this out tomorrow. I think it came out pretty well, and this also means I've completed eight projects of my ten project challenge. Now tomorrow I can start working on the needlework tools one, since Lynn's pattern came today (yay, thank you!). Hopefully that one will go a little faster.

It's a Purse!

It's looking like a real purse now. I got the second side sewn up. Didn't make any progress on the strap, though. Should be able to report progress on that next posting on this. With every step done, it's looking prettier. My husband keeps saying, "Are you sure you want to give this to our daughter?" I promised it to her, so she'll be getting it. Next step on the purse itself is beading all the edges in black.