Working on the alphabet and doing all the special stitches around it. I think this will be pretty when finished, even though the alphabet fa...

Drawing rectangles on the left and right to make them hold some Rhodes stitches when the time comes. The left arch is also more complete. Ti...

Yay, it's done! And it's getting put away for a bit until I can find a framer I trust in Warsaw.  

Lots of backstitching still left on top, but time to start most of the cross stitches in the alphabet.  

Working on getting the middle filled in for a bit. Then on to the right side windows for specialty stitches. Going to get this part done soo...

This piece has so much backstitching on it, just on the outer layers. Those gates take so much time.  

More window panes on the left and a bit more arch in the middle.  

Well there's still a lot of backstitching to do. The fences and the blackwork corners are a lot of work.  

This piece will be almost covered in vines. I'm getting a start on them.  

Working on the brown argyle bands for the top part. They're a lot of stitching, so you'll see me working on them for a while.  

All the major backstitching and special stitches are done. It's time to start the beading.  

This brown pattern reminds me of argyle, with the diamonds. I think it's actually tile. But it's coming along a bit.   

All the big elements are in place; now it's time to backstitch around them.  

Yay, all the fences are done. Time to get some beading on.  

With the Victorian Garden done, I've started back up on Alhambra Garden. It uses a -lot- more DMC than other Chatelaines because it'...

With all the cross stitch done, it's time to do a god awful amount of back stitch. Working on getting all the fences done.  

From the JCS 2011 Christmas Ornament magazine. A very quick stitch!  

Still working on backstitching and specialty stitches. Need to work on the lower right corner.  

I've got all the cross stitches done, yay! Now to add more black fences and more back and specialty stitches. Then the last step - beads...

Finally all the cross stitches are done. On to the specialty stitches and beads.