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!!

 

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