Ready to Tack and Move On!

Once I'm happy with the placement,  I will tack the necklace loosely in place with floss so it doesn't shift and then do the "real" tacking with the beading thread.  

Then on to the final kit!

Next Step

The next step is filling out the fleur de lis patterns with crescents.  Then there will be beads and gold french knots in the empty spots.  The green background took almost the whole skein of burmilana and I'm still finding stitches here and there that I missed (I have 2 strands left).

 Looking forward to the pearl necklace that lays on top of all this.

 

Weekend Progress on Royal Pain

 Finishing up Kit 4

I appliqued the peyote jewel onto the canvas.  The padding underneath is measured to the canvas but it's a little smaller than the jewel so there's a pucker. I'm going to leave it for now. (Possibly forever)

On to Kit #5- another 5 section piece like the green up above only easier.  It looks much better in real life. It will be a great foundation for the pearl necklace.

Hopefully I can finish this up by early July.  Then I have a few SMALL things to work on!

On the home stretch of Kit 4

The last thing to do here is stitch the background for the peyote jewel

 

Here it is!  The next few days will be spent doing packed chain in the swirls and then on to Kit 5

 

Peyote Beading

I learned yet another technique in Kit 4 and it wasn't needlepoint- it was Peyote beading.  I think I watched at least 10 hours of You Tube videos and it's almost a shame that I probably won't use this knowledge in the future, because I am NOT going down the rabbit hole of beading!

Here's the photo progression

Laying out the beads and stringing the first 2 rows with a stop bead

Writing out the pattern in words- yes this was challenging, but critical

Then hours of work and constant re-watching of You Tube

ALL FINISHED AND CAN RETURN TO NEEDLEPOINT

Where it will go on the canvas after padding underneath