Yesterday I taught the last of the four sessions on the needle purse. Well ... I thought I was going to teach about putting it together, ...

I finished the stitching on Fair Maiden! Now all I need to do is get batting and make the project case out of it. It was a rather quick ...

The larger piece is done and now I'm working on the smaller, inside piece. It's coming along really quickly, so I should be able to...

I finished off the berries and added the yellow flower this past week - it's coming along, but I need to get it done in the next two wee...

I finished up the bottom flowers on the outer panel and started one on the inner panel, then began the berries. It's coming along prett...

I now have almost all of the large areas done on the front. Yay! I like how it's coming along and will spend a day or so on it next we...

I got the second flower done on this before we headed out for the trip, and the third one started. The leaves on it were pretty easy closed...

I did a lot of French knots in the middle of this and it made the flower just pop. I took it to my chapter meeting last night, and the ladi...

Four out of five petals done, at least the outsides. I think they're coming out pretty well. Since the picture on Friday, I completed...

Somehow I missed getting a picture taken of this one week. As you can see, I've got the spiny leaves done and have started on the cen...

I got a bit more done on this, doing stem stitch on the long leaves. They're two toned, for shading. As usual, this goes quickly when...

Yes, what progress I made this week was made at an airport, in the international arrivals waiting room. More stems are done- all the darkes...

All the lighter colored stem stitches are done on the big panel, and I used the extra to start the small panel. I'm feeling some pressu...

I got the pieces onto their backing this week and started the stem stitches. As usual with crewel, it goes pretty quickly once it's star...