Bag Ladies, Progress #3

I have been working on Bag Ladies again.  It's such a fun piece!
All but one of the cats is done and I have started on the floor.
The top left kitty represents my Sweet Pea, who died this summer.  She was such a pretty girl.
The last cat will represent my KC and will be the hardest!  I have to get the colors right.
The floor will just be straight rows of Slanted Gobelin over 2 with floss.
I decided not to try to do the tissue paper that is supposed to be sticking out of some of the bags, it just looked too odd.  Now I'm trying to decide if I should do the bag handles, or call them boxes instead!

Avery Bargello

I have been stitching, just haven't been very good about posting blog!
I just completed this project as a gift for a friend. I was able to use nothing but stash threads for this!
The A is stitched with black FyreWerks Soft Sheen in Reversed Scotch stitch. The background of the A carries on the Scotch using an overdyed floss.  I made a lot of counting errors and the A and its background took much longer than it should have!
The Bargello was then done in wool with gold FyreWerks accents.
All in all, I'm quite pleased with the finished piece and it was fun to do some Bargello again!.
Here it is in its tray:

NEW PATTERNS

I have just added THREE new patterns to my website!

Christmas Littles, 17 small patterns for needlepoint or cross stitch.

Twisted Metal, a very complex design with lots of sparkly threads.

Bloomin' Bargello, 3 designs from one Bargello pattern.

Please check them out on my website www.lizartneedlepoint.com

You just might need one (or more)!!