Mad Miters by Michelle

Registration for my Mad Miters class through Cyberpointers ends tomorrow.  Here is a pic of the Mad Miters pilot stitched for me by Michelle (of KC fame, see yesterday's post).  Michelle did a beautiful job and her very first Mad Miters is gorgeous!

Little Helper

Last weekend the stitching group I belong to stitched at my house.  We always have a great time and my cat KC joined in the festivities.  Most of the day she lay in the middle of the table, keeping an  eye on everything.  But once in awhile, she got involved!  KC loves threads, and shiny threads in particular.  Here she is helping Michelle with the beautiful Diamond Delights.

2012 SOTM May

This week I completed the May section of this year's SOTM.  It is a pretty pattern, but the compensation was not nice!  This whole project has been a lesson in compensation so far!  I can't help but wonder if the designer's actually stitched this!
I did go ahead and attach the beads.  I hate it when I think I'm finished & then have to go back & add the beads! 
I'm pretty sure I'm going to want to outline the sections.  My basted outline stitches show quite a bit since there is a lot of open canvas.  I am very glad I didn't try to draw this onto the canvas because the pencil or pen lines would all still be evident!
Here is the whole thing so far:

FMTM Block 2

Block 2 of FMTM is finished.  This is not going to be my favorite block, but I think it turned out pretty.  This block was all about cross stitches and they were mostly tiny & layered & not fun.  Oh well, it's done now.  I am not happy with my 3rd color family and may do without it altogether.  I did not use any of it in Block 2 and I may take out what I have in Block 1.

Tuscan Midnight, Framed

Tuscan Midnight is now completely finished:  It is framed!  The mat and frame are both purple and I like it!  I probably would not have picked purple, but it sure turned out pretty.  This piece will hang in my husband's office - he chose this colorway and likes the vibrant colors. 

Baroque Finished

Here it is.  Baroque is all finished!  I really like this piece and it was mostly pretty fun to stitch.  The background took awhile, but not that bad!  Oh boy!  Now I can start something new!

GARDEN WALK

Finally, my new Sunday Project.  It is Garden Walk by Linda Reinmiller.  I took this class at the ANG Seminar in Tucson 6 years ago!  I can't believe it was so long ago! 

I worked on it once or twice, but mostly it has been in the closet.  Now it is out & about!  This is an amazing project, very advanced, and Linda's written instructions are super!  Even though it has been 6 years, I can figure out what to do.

Before this year, I had completed the upper right corner square section and the section below it. 
A month or so ago I completed the copper/gold section.  It is really pretty with gold & copper metallic oval Jessicas.
This week I completed the green/blue/gold section.  I completely changed the colors & threads, using a Wildflowers overdye and a YLI Ribbon Floss with a metallic thread through it.  It turned out really well.  The final step was beads & my kitty, KC, helped with that!  I thought I was going to have to lock myself in a room before she finally settled down!  Too much "shiny" gets her all excited!
The section on the far left is only partly done as it will have some canvas threads withdrawn and I am "saving" that kind of hard stuff till the end. 

The 4 sections that appear to be started will probably be ripped out & restarted.  Mostly I have changed the colors from when I first began and/or I don't like the colors used initially.  The canvas is Dark blue (Leventine Blue?) and my colors are green, blue, rust & gold.  As usual, the photo doesn't show the colors quite right.  The canvas is darker & the metallics are, well, metallics!  I think Linda's original was on the dark green canvas & her colors were green, blue, pink & white.

Are we having fun yet?