Whew!

I am through the letters and just a little more background to go!

A couple more inches

The belt is now at 12.5 inches! Moving along fairly quickly!

Hocus Pocus

I am almost through the letters!

Ten

Today, I am at 10 inches of the 37.5 inches needed to go around the tray.

Great progress

I am happy with the background progress on Hocus Pocus today.

8 inches

The belt is now at 8 inches and two completed motifs.

This one works

I chose open Tstitch and this one is going to be a great background

Another WIP

I don't like the wine glasses on Hocus Pocus so I stitched on the Holly Belt today. 6 inches of background and one motif are done.

Started again

I have started Hocus Pocus again. I am going to do the wine glass pattern in Silk Lame Braid Petite glow in the dark. The background is going to take several days.

She is done

The shadow stitching is done and this one goes in the finishing pile.

The brim

I finished the orange and then the black and white to complete the brim. I just have a little bit of shadow stitching left to finish on this one.

Just blacks today

I started shadow stitching around the design and then did the black squares on the orange hat band.

The Witch

I stitched the witch today in Soie Tresse. And, started the shadow stitching.

A second hat

This is also by Heidi and goes with the other one. I stitched the gray in the hat with Silk Lame Braid and accented the black dots with Soie Tresse.

Finished

Shadow stitching is done. This one goes in the Finishing pile. #25 for stitched pieces this year.

A brim

I finished the hat brim all in Fyre Werks....all that is left is the rest of the shadow stitching.

A Spider

I did the spider in Fuzzy stuff and added a bow with Fyre Werks and then some white beads. I also added more rows of shadow stitching down the sides.

Something new

I don't usually have more than one project at a time but I have made an exception since stitching and showing inch by inch of basketweave is boring. This is Witch Hat 373 by Heidi. The background is white skip skip tent and I stitched the web in place and the orange spider string and have started the shadow stitching rows for finishing.

some of the first holly

I got some of the first Holly and more background done today.

Progress

I made it to the first set of Holly today and will stitch that with the Silk Lame Braid in greens while continuing the background with the Pepper Pot.

Holly Belt

While I wait for thread for Hocus Pocus I started the Holly Belt, B44, from Julia and purchased from The needlepoint Clubhouse.

Finishing!

Santa with tree is finished! It is a standup and I love the Santa faces on one of the bows!

Another day

So I thought bats would work and now as I look at it, they are way too dark and overpower the rest of the canvas. Ripit time again. It does not always work the way I think it will.

So this happened

So first I did this and I did not like it! So....I reverse stitched and

It will look better tomorrow......

A new project

I am starting a new project and have this on the stretcher bars. Canvas is by Sharese!

Egg belt/tray

I stitched the egg belt in May and sent it in for finishing, which was pretty fast. The egg canvas is by Gayla Elliott for Alice Peterson and I had it finished as a removable for the rattan tray. Canvas, tray, and finishing by The Wool & The Floss. The tray is going to be wardrobed and you will see the next belt soon.

The corners

I did the Rhodes triangle corners and this one is done!

Rhodes Hearts

Today I added the four Rhodes hearts around the outside of the design.

More Triangles

I added 8 more triangles around the outside edges. So close to finishing.

Another round

I finished the second set of Jessicas, add Rhodes diamonds inside of all of them, and then a bunch of red Smyrna crosses. Only 3 elements left to go,

More Jessicas

I am doing Jessicas along the outside edge. Each opposing set will be done in a shade of pink.

More white and red

I finished the white squares and then added more red Rhodes squares.

Sunday Progress

I finished all the pink triangles and started the white Rhodes squares.

Another round

Saturday's progress....I forgot to post!

The next round

I added another round today. I have changed all the colors to the reds, white and pinks.

Even more Halloween

A New Project

I have a couple more Halloween photos to get with the right lighting....so I started Variaitons on a Rhodes Themen by Freda's Fancies today. All Silk Lame' Braid.

Halloween Decor, Part 2

And more of the fun stuff in the house! A dip set full of skulls, needlepoint on the mantle and hutch.

Halloween Decor Part 1

Double, Double Toil & Trouble and some concrete pumpkins.

Witch Way to the Wine & Boo

October 31st round in the Home sign

Zehrina

I added the top spider webs and a little spider. Zehrina is ready to be framed.

Spider Web

I added the bottom spider web using Kreinik #8 001HL and couching it with Kreinik #4 in the same color. The top one tomorrrow!