Oh Happy Day

I FINALLY finished beading happy and am now on to finishing the last white stripe and beading the 4th!  I could get used to finishing projects 👍. I am hoping to get this done by the end of the week - especially if it rains.

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I think I will pause with the red white and blue theme and move to another color palette .  The last Tony Minieri class that I took was the Lani bunny collage.  There are 9 sections and I am going to try and do 2 every summer until I finish the whole thing.  Of course that works out to 5 years so I may have to step it up a little sooner or later.  All that thread is from working on it in class.

The 3 eggs first...

Then the bunny vase

I'm trying hard not to get distracted and start on this right away - so tempting!

Stay safe and please wear a mask!

Working my way towards HAPPY

This is a picture from yesterday.  I'm now on the "Happy" beads and can see the end of this stripe!  You can see how I'm compensating through the letters so I don't get lost.  Hopefully my next post will be Super Duper Happy!

Blue Stripes Complete!

Hi there,

Last night I finished the blue stripes!  Yay!!  On to the white ones and the beading and then I'm done. I think I'll finish something SMALL next.  No kidding- I have plenty of small projects too.

There's a bigger version of this that says Stars and Stripes - so glad I opted for this one.



Stay safe and wear a mask please

Stuck Behind A Desk

Hi there,

Not much to report as I have been stuck working for the last 3 days. Here's where I left off and maybe I can get back to it this afternoon.  I think I will finish the last two blue stripes while I still have the pattern down before going back to the white.

At least the beading is easy!

It will be awesome when IT'S DONE!

More Progress

Hi all,

The weather is still cool and misty here in NC so I am forging ahead with my 4th of July canvas.  Now I know why there are so many arts and crafts in the mountains!

Here is the first blue stripe completed!




And I just now finished the first white stripe.  I had such a hard time with the pattern so you can imagine doing the compensating on each side.  Hopefully it's correct because I will refer back to it for the other 2 stripes.  I'm almost looking forward to the beading because it's mindless.





And here is a photo of my new flowers which LOVE this weather!





Have a safe week!

Tis the Season

Tis the Season...for Red White and Blue stitching!

This is from my Amy Bunger stash.  It does look like it was abandoned abruptly, but now it's back in rotation for at least July.  I'm glad have a few (well quite a few) Amy projects and stitch guides now that she's retiring and this is one.  My favorite so far has been the 4th of July apples which was surprisingly easy to finish.

Here's a closeup of the blue stripe.  All the blue stripes are the same and all the white ones are the same.  I just need to get the pattern down.

My other Amy projects are the Creche and Nativity Home Studies and the Sultan's Tray plus I think 2  rent Amy day projects.  So I'm set.

It's raining here in the mountains and my dog is trying to get in my lap so I'm off...

First Hibiscus and Orange Prep

Here's the hibiscus on the left with it's beads.  The other one is not beaded.

And with the center

The oranges are done in clear beads - brick beading so that should go fast.  The stitch guide called for different color beading thread but my beading thread is in Florida!  So I am going to use 3 shades of Splendor instead.  Hopefully that will work out.

It's Monday again - lets hope the news gets better this week!