Walking to Town

The beads (snowflakes) were not as bad as the French knots called for but they were worse than the backstitching! But it's DONE! WOO HOO!

Work from Stash and One BAP for 2009, Week Thirty-Five

The backstitching is taking longer than I thought! Still some branches and two more trees to do!

Work from Stash and One BAP for 2009, Week Thirty-Four

Back in January 2008, this is what my collage of San-Man Original "snowmen" looked like. So far, it consists of the following charts:"Carrot Snow", "Lilac Snow", "Luck Snow", and "Could It Bee Snowing" (although beads and buttons are still to be applied) with "Summer Snow" in progress:

And this is what it looked like after one day of stitching with white this past week on "Summer Snow". I know - you can barely see it but it's there...

I had picked this piece up to have something to do while I waited for "Walking to Town" to dry after washing it in an attempt (only partly successful) to remove the marks made by my Q-snaps on the navy Aida. Once dried, I started on backstitching:

Maybe one more week? After backstitching, there is the beading. And then back to my San-Man snowmen!

Work from Stash and One BAP for 2009, Week Thirty-Three

Getting there. Only two more major "colors" to stitch  (both half crosses so it should move fast but both are blends - two strands of one color and one of another so that can be a pain) as well as the odd missed stitch here and there and then it will be time to backstitch and add the beads for snowflakes (I will NOT do French Knots on that navy)! But first I have to wash this piece and see if I can get rid of those marks left by the Q-snaps...

Work from Stash and One BAP for 2009, Week Thirty-Two

Fudging, fudging, fudging! No matter HOW hard I concentrate, I cannot count properly on this dark fabric and I keep making mistakes! AAARGH!

But I CAN see the proverbial light at the end of the tunnel!

Work from Stash and One BAP for 2009, Week Thirty-One

Had five recent pieces framed this past week...

And made some progress on Walking to Town...

Work from Stash and One BAP for 2009, Week Thirty

Making progress. Sadly, my Q-snaps are marking the Aida so I hope it will rinse out before beading.