Time to Finish Up Some Little Ones

 Now that the second big project of 2021 is in the bag, I want to finish up some small projects.

Here are the first 2 finishes:

My last strawberry from Barbara's Needlepoint - these are so cute when they are finished

My first of 6 Melissa Shirley hearts- I'm thinking 3 ornaments and 3 mini pillows for Valentines Day

I also have the heart of the month club from Barbara's Needlepoint but thats only one big canvas with 9 hearts. It's not yet on stretcher bars but looks like fun!

Almost to the Finish Line

 Hi all,

I have finished all 6 Ladies and am now finishing up the last of the background beading.  This was a LONG Ruth Mystery Project but never fear I have more!

Here are  the last few photos

Lady #6 with her turban and fringe

This is Lady #3 but I had to wait until the very end to do the scarf.

This was a fun project even if it did take 4 years to complete.  It will get framed.

Next up to  finish will be the Zero Degrees North canvas #1 with the bears.

Have a great week

Linda

The Last Hat

 Hi all,

I'm going to try and finish the Ladies II in the next week assuming I get the gold Kreinik in the mail.  I "borrowed" it for another project and of course did not put it back.

Here's the photo of the last 2 ladies. The stitch guide called for twisted lazy daisy for the pick swirls next to the hat on the left girl but after much agony I went with bouillon stitches.  You can see the padding under the turban for girl #2 in this photo.

AND THE HAT!

I guess I will work on the background until the Kreinik arrives and then finish up.

All Done!

 I'm all done with the Tudors canvas and ready to move on to the Ladies!  I worked on the Tudors every day for about 2-3 hours and it took me about 10 weeks to finish.  I'm a TINY bit worried that I will not make it through all the projects I brought with me this summer!  Fortunately I only have one lady left.  

Knowing When to Quit

I managed to work on my Tudors project over the holiday.  Last night I was cruising and finished the Jessicas and decided to  move on to the Crescent stitches.  I stopped around 11:30 and checked my work this morning only to find that the crescent that I put in last night was the WRONG COLOR AROUND THE WRONG BEADS! 

I obviously need to quit while I'm ahead.  The first photo is before I put in the vines (last Thursday)

Now they're done - this was Monday

The vines are done and starting the black.  I was so happy to finish the black that I jumped right in on the  Jessicas.  This next photo is from last night - I remember thinking...I'll just finish the Jessicas...

Here's where I needed to just go to bed.  When I did the first Crescent stitch I had the white thread going around the white Jessicas when it was supposed to go around the gold Jessicas.  Oh well- it was great practice!

Almost there - I've already dragged out the small projects that I'm going to finish next.

Starting the Vines

I've FINALLY finished the background for this section and placed all the sequins so now on to couching the vines!  It's a big weekend here so I may not get back to this until next Tuesday.  I'm looking forward to a FINISH!!