Another one framed.

 The framer has finished A Different View and it looks better than my photo shows.  A great turquoise mat, a silver filet, and dark blue green mat and then a wonderful silver frame.  Below, is a closeup of the corner so you see the detail a bit better.

The last beads

A Different view is done!  All of the crystals and beads are in and I also finished the eyelet stitches.  I tried several shots to get the beads and all to show up, but they just don't want to.  Double click on the photo and it does get a little bigger so you can see some!  Sorry!

Crystals, bugles and

I have started attaching blue, green, fuschia and amethyst crystals around the outside border  and blue Mill Hill beads in the 8 pointed stars.  Crystals are attached in the top and left Octagon along with the blue Mill Hills and on the top one...some white bugle beads.  About half done!

There!

All of the stitching is done......except for that bit on three where I ran out of fiber....any way....I finished all the Kreiniks, Patina, and Sparkle Braid in the fourth one and did both of the bottom two pattern boxes.  One is done with Pebbly Perle and Bijoux and the other is done with Patina, Bijoux and Kreinik.  On to the crystals and beads!

Octagon 4

I finished all of the Crescents around the center with the Kreinik and then added eyelet stitches with Pebbly Perle.....the Crescents took a long time and a lot of thread but are gorgeous!

Moving on

All of Octagon 3 is complete except for 4 eyelet stitches around the outside--see the blank space?  I ran out of fiber and will be getting that soon.  So I started on the bottom Octagon.  I did the center with Frosty Rays and an Amadeus variation and overlaid that with purple Kreinik.  I have started the red heart designs that will go around the outside of the center box.

And more

I finished the last of the Star Jessicas and then did eyelet stitches around the center square with Kreinik.  Next red fern stitches, and last I am working on Amadeus patterns around the outside and there is still one more step for this Octagon!

Lots going on

This Octagon design started with a square of Smrynas.  Then a Rhodes stitch in the center with Frosty Rays.  An overlay of Bijoux in turquoise covered that.  The corner Crescents and the Ray stitches are done in two different colors of Kreinik.  The star Jessicas, all 20 of them, are being worked in Panache.  I still have 2 to do!

Lots!

I finished the Sprat's Heads on Octagon #2, therefore that one is done until we do crystals.  I did three of the squares that surround the Octagons with each being a different pattern and fiber combination.  Next I have placed the centers in Octagon 3 and 4! 

More on 2

I finished the rest of the Jessicas and then the Rhodes stitches and have four of the 8 Sprat's Heads done....almost there!

More on 2

I worked on Octagon 2 again and have added Jessicas on two sides with Kreinik and the Rhodes stitches inside of them are worked in Silk Serica

Octagon #2

I have started filling in Octagon #2 which is on the left of the design.  The center is worked with Petite Frosty Rays for the spiral after stitching in a box of Smyrna crosses with the Silk n Colours.  Next, using Panache, I filled in the purple and then did the Mistake Stitch with more Panache in blue.  Last the Crescents are done with a strand of Pebby Perle.  This is the Koral Kiss colorway of A Different View by Threedles except I am working it on black.

Top Octagon

I did the purple Jessica's in the opposing crescents, the Fern stitches at the base of the Plaited stitches and the Eyelet stitches around the outside....all this needs is the beads.  I will not put any beads on though until all the other stitching is done so I won't catch my threads.

Opposing Crescents

I am back working on A Different View by Threedles.  I have now added all of the opposing Crescents inside the Octagon using Sparkle Braid. 

Progress!

I am almost back to where I found the mistake!  Woohoo.  I did the Diamond crescents and filled those in the with Jessicas, and then I have one side of the opposing Crescents done that have another Jessica in the center of them.  Boy, am I ever double triple counting everything!!  LOL

Repeat stitching progress

I have finished the rip it and am back to putting in stitches!  The center circle of Smyrnas was off by one thread so I replaced them.  The Jessica is redone in Frosty Rays and the then the the Plaited Rays are all done in  Panache so far.  Almost back to where I was!

Back to a Different View

What, no photo?  No, and the reason is I was finishing the crescents around the outside edge of the first design and realized I am off by one thread!  One thread!!!  I am ripping, frogging, removing stitches, and probably even learning new words!  On a brighter note, I did finish the eight sided stars around the outside edge without making any mistakes....back to the scissors and tweezers!  Arghhhhhhh

More of the rose garden

First I added the Diamond Jessicas with Kreinik and added a 3 x 3 Jessica with more Kreinik.  Then around the outsided are more 3 x 3 Jessicas with Kreinik 012.  I started the Plaited Rays in the top one and the bottom one I did is done using Pebbly Perle.

Here come the colors!

So, I chose Octagon pattern #3, called the Rose for the top pattern on my version of A Different View.
Here are color after color!.  The center Jessica is stitched with Petite Frosty Rays in 022 and then the Rhodes in the center of that is done in Panache 57.  Next are Diamond Plaited Rays with Panache in three colors and the final is Kreinik #8 in 024.  This is very bright now!

More of the border

I worked on the borders of the Octagons some more.  There are eight pointed stars, and over 3 and 4 Rhodes stitches.  I have them almost all done, but moved up to start some other stitching for a while!  The top Octagon is going to be filled with the Rose pattern.  There are several designs given in the pattern and you choose which four you want to work and where you wan to place them--how cool is that?!