Off traipsing

 I finished the tree....it is all done!  Just a few more of my special ornaments for you to see.
Today I am on the train back from Chicago where I have been

traipsing around the city with two of my nieces and my sister!  We saw the lights on Michigan Avenue and

 went to One of a Kind Show and Sale at the Merchandise Mart on Saturday!  Over 600 artists displaying

wonderful creations.  And, we laughed and talked and ate.....what would you expect!  I promise to get back
to stitching on Monday!

Let's decorate......

I am a little behind getting the tree all decorated this year but have been battling a major cold...it is getting better and I love seeing the ornaments created by me and friends over the years!

Three S's

 So Stockings, seams and spiders are the rest of this lesson.  I finished the right leg in the Giant 4 way Continental and then had to open the next goodie bag shown above.  It has Subtlety, Fabulous Fibers, Sparkle Braid, Burmilana, Rafia and Metallic Soft Twist in it.

Using the Subtlety, the seams are done in Outline Stitch and so are the Spider's legs.  His body is done with the Fabulous Fiber....very hairy dude!  Great choices by Ruth!

Major progress!

All of the background is  done!  Woohoo!  I also started working on the stockings.  A Giant 4 way continental with more Sparkle braid creates her fish nets.....only on the left leg so far!  LOL

Making Progress

 I have finished the coin stitch variation on the entire background!  Yippee!  Now I am working on the second step of that stitch.  It adds a strand of Sparkle Braid to the Floche and shadow fills the left side of the stitch! 

I will finish all of that quickly and get started on the next step.  This is going pretty quick!

Lots more background

All of the first step of the background is done on the right and across the bottom.  Just a bit on the left side and by her legs and broom and we can move on to step two!  I was going to go ahead and resume the rotation but this is just too fun so I will go ahead and finish the background tomorrow--I hope!

Starting up!

 I framed the Broom Parking canvas on the Evertites and opened the first package.  It has the cute frog magnet needle minder--a necessity!, Purple Floche and a card of purple and black Sparkle Braid.

First thing is to work the background pattern in a coin stitch variation with a single strand of Floche.  Nice!