Tony Minieri's French Ribbons - Finished!

Tony Minieri's French Ribbons


I took Tony's class on this piece last April, but wanted to finish another piece before I started this one.  So I actually got started in June of last year.  I finished it earlier this month!  That's about seven months of stitching.  Well worth it.  Here are some closeups.

This shot gives you some idea of the three-dimensionality and the bling!

What a fun project this was!  Now my group has started on Tony's Stars for a New Millenium.  I'm going to use coordinating colors so that I can hang these two together.  I'll be posting on our progress and you can see pictures of some of the many color ways at my Pinterest board.

Update on Scott Lee needlework project

I started the Scott Lee piece on October 23 of last year.  I got behind from the get-go and had to work like a dog on it over Christmas while we were in Blowing rock.  Here's where I was on November 16:



Scott Lee 11-16-10



Here's a snapshot at December 23, 2010.  Notice all of the gold circles?  This stitch is called a Jessica and there are 148 of various sizes! 

Scott Lee 12-23-10

 And here is the piece as of yesterday.  I've finished the "Jessica Border."  Next is the "Rhodes Border."

Scott Lee 1-27-11

More later...

Oh Happy Day!

Two reasons for this being a great day:

1.  It's raining!  The sky is gray and we've had a nice, steady, soaking rain off and on all day!  I think it's been over 60 days since we've had anything more than a little sprinkle that almost evaporated before it hit the ground.  Our grass, trees, and gardens need this rain badly.

2.  I finished my first needlepoint project in about 30 years and here it is:

Ta Da!  I'm in a needlepoint group that meets three times a month.  We all worked on this pattern, called Contemporary Bargello designed by Susan Hulme. I made a few changes to her design just for personal preference but the basic design is pretty close.  Walter asked me how many hours I put into this and I don't even want to know.  Stitching this piece was fun, fun, fun!  And I truly enjoy all the great women in the needlepoint group.  It's amazing how each of our pieces looks just a little bit different, depending on the size canvas, number of threads, color changes, etc.  Seriously, it's been 30 years since I did needlepoint and I am totally blown away by the stitches and techniques in use now.

We started a new piece on Saturday and I can say this with total confidence:  don't expect a picture of the finished project until this time next year.  It is awesome.  This piece is designed by the late Jean Hilton and it's called Scott Lee.  Here's a picture

Again, untold hours of work.  I'll be keeping this for myself!