Zipper?

 I have never learned to add a zipper. Should I practice on this piece?

It's a Finish!

 

Between family activities, I managed to get this Bargello GCC by Gail Stafford finished! Yippee! What trouble can I get into in 2025?

IHSW December 2024

 I managed to get some of the border done on my Bargello GCC by Gail Stafford.

And a bit more done on the Baltic Easter Basket Cover by Avlea.

IHSW December 2024 Start

 I'm working on my Bargello GCC by Gail Stafford:

And Baltic Easter Basket Cover by Avlea.

Back of my Work

 Do you pay attention to the back of your work? I have a feeling that I will be marked down because I carried a few threads...

But the front looks ok.

Whoop!

 I was able to get the top corner motif done. Now I need to get the border started.

Corner Done

 

I just have one more section then I can do the border.

Beginning a New Pattern

 On my Bargello GCC. I want to start something new but I'm trying to be good 😊.

More of the Bargello

 I like this pattern:

Counting

 

It's difficult for me to count this so I have moved to doing one row before I start the next row/color.

Should I Have Multiple Needles?

 I have a difficult time with Bargello as I get confused with the patterns. Maybe I should thread up several needles and see if that helps.

September 2024 IHSW

 Well, I managed to finish No Time Like the Present by Modern Folk Embroidery.

Then I moved on to my Bargello GCC -

Since I finished the lesson I moved to Dawn to Dusk 

I finished two motifs so I pulled out Alice Ellen Usher (are you catching a theme?)

Wow! She is a big girl!

Then a friend reminded me I needed to get the pre-work done for Africana 

So I started it. Look at the threads!

I need to concentrate on something so I can get another finish!

September is Done!

Well, I finished the September section of No Time Like the Present by Modern Folk Embroidery. 

See the circled bit below? That is the bottom of the sampler. I'm so close but I had the urge to start something new.

 So I did!

This is the start of a Group Correspondence Course by Gail Stafford on Bargello.