My annual Feb/March stitching trip, and it once again was a highlight of the year. I was definitely due a break at work; this week back I was significantly less tense and frustrated. I haven't touched a needle since getting back, but here's what I got done there!
My moonlight guardian! Now with at least some of the moon! I actually had most of the dragon himself done before this trip, but apparently I forgot to take a pic or make a post. So this trip was getting his treasure chest and the background done. Amazingly, half cross stitches go much faster, so I zipped right along. All that's left on this part is to get that moon done, and then black metallic to finish the stitching on the dragon, and outlining. I'm still debating how I'll want to outline him: the directions are for a back stitch like normal, but I'm thinking outline instead. For one thing, that'll keep the bulk of the thread on the front, which should help keep the back flat for mounting on a box.
That's as far as I got before I had my class, from Amy Mitten:
It is a super cute sewing book! They don't quite show up in the pic, but the colors (as always) are absolutely fantastic and vivid. Hilariously, I didn't actually stitch any part of this, but spent the class time making the doodads that will be tucked away into the book:
I knew going in that we were going to wrap the handle and make the sheath for the snips, and that we'd be winding the thread winders, but I did not expect to also be constructing the needle threader. The end result is fantastic, but it was such a pain to get the layers sewn together around those frame pieces. Keeping the wire straight and the embroidery on the felt pieces lined up with the plastic resin was. A lot. On the other hand, I thought the wrap for the snips would be tricky, but there was a rhythm to the stitch (a modification of needle-tatting?) and mostly it was making sure the threads stayed straight and everything lined up neatly.
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