Present from my Secret Santa!

This year I participated in Chatelaine's Secret Santa. Mine went to someone else in New Jersey, but this one I received from someone in North Carolina. It's a bunch of Christmas-themed stash from European Cross Stitch. Isn't it pretty? I'm so grateful. Now I have to stitch a couple of Martina's Advent Kalendar designs on the fabrics.

More Ribbons and Roses

Well, I got more done on both parts of this. The strap is about 3-4 inches longer and the whole second line of beads is done on the main purse. At this rate, I'm going to have the purse done before the strap and I'll be an expert in peyote stitch by the time I'm done with this project. Anyway, I'm plugging away... it's good to feel like I've made progress on everything after the past few weeks.

Needlepoint Progress

I think I got more done on the bargello than I did on the auction despite actually working more on the auction piece. I'm still filling in the background on that first rectangle. It's about halfway done. On the bargello, I got the green diamonds done and all the long cross stitches around them and it seems to look nice. There really isn't -that- much more to go on it - just a set of arc stitches and the rose in the middle.

Panda - This Morning and Finished!

Hooray! After working all day on this, I finished it! The bottom photo is where it was this morning when my husband took the pictures for the week. The top is it done. My husband wants to frame this with a black linen-textured mat and a bamboo frame. He gets to choose, even if it is a gift for someone else. I hope they like it. I'll be taking it down to them (unframed) this week to find out.

Three Chatelaine Pictures

There's been progress on all three of these. I think the Medieval Town Mandala is going quickest, since I stopped working so much on the mini one so I could do more on the panda. This week should be much better for stitching - very few commitments and maybe some time to myself after tomorrow.

Pandaing Away

The panda's getting there. I'll be working on it a lot more this week in the hope of finishing it. It won't be framed by Christmas, but it will be done. Most of what needs to be done yet is in color (yay!). I've gotten kind of tired of black.

Goldwork Progress

Okay, so my husband photographed it sideways this week. You can still see the progress. I got the two golden couched berries on the left done. It's getting closer and closer to getting finished. Surprisingly, it doesn't take as much time to do as I thought.