Day 19-Venetian Delight

This piece has not been touched since the ANG seminar in Albuquerque.  Was that 2002 or 2003?  I cannot remember.  I do remember Ro Pace and Jean Hilton teaching together and being terrified of being over my head.  They did a great job of showing me what to do and I hate having this piece langish in the basement.  I am afraid it will have to wait its turn...

Just to show you that I am getting some things closer to being done, here is a picture of the Agecroft Sweet Bag.  Putting all the sequins in took some time and I am trying to do the hemstitch on the top so I can finish this myself.  (Sorry this picture is so "blue."  I think I need to work on lighting for my photos.)

Day 13

This is the Agecroft Sweet Bag by Catherine Jordan.  She did the pattern for EGA and it is very close to being done.  But now I remember why it moved to the basement.  The gold chain stitch is difficult to do and I used Sulky to transfer the design.  Gold chain I can live with but how to remove the Sulky?  (It is a washable stabilizer.)  I am afraid if I dunk the piece in water the reds will bleed like mad.  I will finish the stitching and then see what I can do.  I have enjoyed stitching it and I am so close to being done!

Beth's May WIPocalypse

I decided to try and make some progress on my Agecroft Sweet Bag by Catherine Jordan.  One of the ladies in my guild has almost finished hers.  I am very jealous!  The gold in the piece is a pain!  It doesn't like to bend so I will have tons of fun using it for all the vines. 
I hope to restart Spring Splendor tomorrow.

March WIPopalypse

I have been stitching a little on Softly Feathered, but not enough for a new post.  None at all on Spring Splendor!  But I have finished a flower on my Agecroft Sweet Bag.  Hopefully I will have a finish to post next month.

WIPocalypse Projects

 I realized I could add lots more WIP's to this list, but I decided to work on the ones that I really want to get done this year.  (WIP-works in progress)  The above is a project I started with my local guild last year.  It is called the Agecroft Sweet Bag by Catherine Jordan.  The pattern is from NeedleArts, the Embroiderer's Guild of America's magazine March 2011.  I have not gotten much done, but that is about to change!

 Solar Flare by Ro Pace.  I love this piece!  I got sidetracked from finishing it last year because of Serpentine...

Illinois canvas with my hand-dyed threads.  I almost pulled this from my list as my dh does not like the piece.  Also, I will need to dye threads and do the background for this piece.  But I enjoy working on it and want to see it done.

Box Top of Ukrainian Nyzynka by Phyllis Maurer..  I am very close to finishing this.  It looks like cross-stitch in the pictures, but it is a running stitch done on the back of the piece(in black), then "flowered" with all the color.  It is supposed to be reversible, but mine is not!  My stitching is less than perfect on this piece and I am not sure what I will do with it when I am done.  A small purse?  A box top? I do love the piece and hope it will be done soon.