Surprise!

Yes, it's done, and I never blogged about it! Why? Because it's a teaching project for the ANG's Cyberpointers. I'm the education vice president and have been working on this for over six months. It's going to be the January program. Join Cyberpointers! Get this design! It's an original by myself and my daughter. She drew the shapes and I did all the stitch choices. Oh, and she piced the silver Japanese gold for the lines. I'll have this finished into a book sleeve later this week, and will teach you how to do it too in the instructions.

More Special

Last week I got more of the specialty stitches done on this. It's easier to do them than it is all the cross stitches. I really need to get more time to stitch. Not going to happen today - ten hours in a car. Doing the driving.

Crazily Patriotic

Well, Cathy sent this block out without a specific theme outside of it being made completely of old ties. The previous person added the patriotic cigar silk, and I picked that up for my work. This top picture is of the block after I worked on it.

This is the seam I did. The seams otherwise were heavily beaded, so I decided to balance it out some.

And here is the star I stitched for it. I think it came out pretty well.

Cleaning It Up

As seen in this picture, I'm redoing the right side border. It's coming along. I've gotten another square done and this section has a corner, so I can see how that's going to come along. It's interesting. Since I've finished two deadline pieces this week, I'll be working on catching this up more, too.

A Line Done

I got one of the bands done this week and started the bottom stars. Now to actually get more done. I'm feeling soooo behind still after the nearly month-long break. I think I'm finally making a dent in the items with deadlines, though, which is a good thing.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving to all of you. I'm grateful for having the time, ability, and stash to stitch whenever I can.

A Christmas Finish

I started this one day and finished it the next. It was the October program at my face to face EGA chapter. the fluffy stitch is called rya, and it looks like it could be successfully substituted for turkeywork in some situations (ie, when you need directional pile. I think it came out kind of cute. It also counts as number 13 on my project challenge and my July ornament for my ornament a month. A quickie threefer!