Box is finished. Took most of the afternoon and my fingers are glued together but it was worth it. Thanks for the fun Kurd.

Finally finished. I added a few more beads. Yellow on the wave, swarsky crystals to make the wave intersection more like flowers, the center of the star and the corner waffles a crystal that makes it shine in the light with the sparkle border. I also outlined the basket weave with the gray sparkle from the starbursts. This gives it a 3d…[Read more]

Not much! Just started a cross stitch project of a cat. The cat very much looks like one I had in the 1960s. It will be a very large piece and I estimate it will take me 10 to 12 years to complete!

Lesson 4 completed. I think I’ve done OK. I stitched the center using stitches 1-32, which completed the round. Love the layering of stitch motifs.

I’m assuming/hoping this is the end of the thread embroidery. I’m completely out of Accentuate, almost out of both Kreinik threads, and used all of one Trebizond. Good planning, Kurdy. Don’t know as…[Read more]