Well I have been gone for five months again. Life has been going on and it has not been crazy busy. I just have not been blogging. We have had some fun events like a wedding at the Four Seasons in Palm Beach and we just returned from a family vacation in Islamorada which is in the Florida Keys. I have a couple of more summer trips planned for summer with a wedding in New York and the EGA National Seminar in Louisville which is sneaking up on me.
Let's get to the fun stuff that a stitching blog is all about. I may not have been blogging but I have been stitching this summer. I finished a couple of old but beautiful projects. The first project is the completed Funky Rose by Terri Dryden. This project is from an ANG National Seminar a couple of years ago. I believe it might have been in Columbus. I am not sure how I am going to have this finished so right now it is hanging in a closet.
Below is my completed Mayan Lighting by Dianne Herrmann. This was a pilot class but I did not get this project done in a very timely basis. I think I want this finished in a shinny black box but right now it is hanging on the same hanger with Funky Rose.
The Prague ornament was bought last year at the EGA Seminar. This is a hand painted ornament by Silver Needle. The picture does not do this ornament any justice. It is all done in Planet Earth silk, Accentuate, and Kreinik Metallic threads. I have bought Dupioni Silk in royal blue for finishing the back.
The New York Taxi Cab is by Princess and Me. I had fun stitching this ornament. The hub caps are great! The yellow is a Jessica stitch and the inside is a cross stitch in silver Kreinik ribbon. The windows are ribbon floss in Opal and I am very happy with the look. The finishing for this one is bright yellow Dupioni Silk.
My poor Flamingo project is in need of an iron. This is a Teresa Layman project that was created for the EGA Seminar in Naples a couple of years ago. It is stitched with thousands of French and colonial knots. I find these projects very relaxing and I usually have one of Teresa's projects going. I am still working on kitting my next project from Teresa.
To make sure you don't think I am an overachiever, here are some of my works in process. Above is a Margaret Kinsey Rozashi project. We were lucky enough to have Margaret at our guild back in June teaching these stitches and sharing this project with us. I do some crazy small work but I find this work is hard on my eyes. I will finish this project but I am not sure this is a stitch type that I will do a lot of in the future.
Above is another Princess and Me ornament. This was my project last week in the Florida Keys. I have most of the bottom part of the house done. I am thinking about the background on this project and I would welcome any suggestions. The stitch guide says to use basket weave in DMC 550 - dark purple. The picture that came with the canvas looks like she used Kreinik in the background. I have the DMC and purple Kreinik or I could use the DMC floss and a purple Accentuate. What I don't want to do is basket weave in the background. This project already has a lot of basket weave and it takes a while to do a background in basket weave. Any suggestions on other stitches that would look good with this lovely little house. I would also be happy to use any combination of threads to achieve a nice background look. I have been flipping though my books but the right thing has not hit me yet.
I am getting ready for a fun weekend and hopefully we will have warm weather. Tonight is a fund raiser for a local park and this weekend a friend from Singapore is in town and maybe a Cubs game. My final picture is what I view when I am at my outside nest. They middle flowers are about on their last leg but they have given me many hours of prettiness over the summer.
Hope you have a wonderful weekend and endless hours of stitching.
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