The first panel is moving along, the purple is working better than I thought. And, I've started a bit of the second panel, to see how the orange looked. (I like it!)

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Progress is happening! I've started the fluffy part and I'm getting a feel for how this will look. The fluffy part is turkey stitch.

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I've started laying in the gold. Right now it takes about 40 minutes per row. That'll go faster as I go along. (Part of it is that I'm working in a hoop, instead of a frame. But there will be fiddly stuff later, that needs to be in a hoop)

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Another finished piece

I've finished another of the weekly pieces. This one also has the back embroidered around the pin backing. This week willl  be a week of getting pieces ready for display and sale. (Meaning, there will be outrageous amounts of detached butttonhole stitch. YAY!)(I sure know how to have fun, don't I?)
This week looks like it will also be a studio cleaning and rearranging kind of week. It definitely feels like spring, and I want to take advantage of the smell of new beginnings and the colors of new growth.
I spend so much time online, since that's where I get the majority of my inspiration, that I forget the visceral, commanding qualities of nature that also influence what I do. Sometimes it's good to give in to that wildness, and believe its promises.
Ciao!

Finished!

This large piece is now ready to be made into a pendant. I'm loving the look of the French knots on this one. I have a lot of textures on this piece and the knots are not overwhelming. (As they can be)

Progress

I only have four more things to do before I cut this loose!
1. Finish blue edge
2. Finish french knots
3. Put in, and integrate, pearls
4. Wire edge.
Goal to get this done today.

ZIPPERS!!!

Zippers are thoroughly loathsome things.
The embroidery is nice enough. The zipper is irrevocably jammed. Apparently I stitched too close to it. Damnit.

I'll try again