I submitted an arts project to an SCA event this weekend. It was people's choice, and I won. I am surrounded by very talented and creative people, so it is easy to be insecure about my abilities. So it was nice to have people who do not know me thought I did something well ( Read more... )

Well, it's done. It's not blocked, or framed, but it's stitched. I don't like the back paws, but I was true (true-ish anyway) to the original.


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The head is done. All that is left is ( Read more... )

Here's a pretty poor picture of the "thing" in process. It's two shots stuck together, neither one of them the best.

( won't bore you unless you're really curious 99kb )

We were in the neighborhood of the yarn shop, so Jamie stopped for me. We replaced the greeny brass colors with some goldy brassy colors. This time Jamie took them outside and looked at them in natural light ( Read more... )

I broke the cardinal rule of needlework, and am paying the price for it ( Read more... )

All the planning is as done as it's going to get. I outlined the lion on the aida cloth, and now to start stitching. This will be black wool. I'll figure out the rest of it when this part is done.

( simple outlline on the aida cloth )

Ba-da-boom! It has begun ( Read more... )