Barbados is ready!

Big News today!  The stitch guide for Barbados by Leigh Designs is now ready!  It is available for purchase with the canvas from your shop.  You can see photos at:  http://leighdesigns.com/
You can also purchase one from me as well!

Final bling

Some crystals and beads add the last of the bling to Claudette!  She is a very happy fish!!   The final piece:

The sprays

I have stitched the black sprays in basketweave with Neon Rays and Fuzzy stuff!

A bit of wave

I am adding a wave down the center of the panels using Silk Lame in a very very pale blue/white.

Moving on!

I finished the last of the beads on the blue panels.  I have also stitched the blue diamonds and added the crosses in the centers.

3 more bands

I finished three more bands of the Sundance beads!  Only two more to go!

Adding the beads

I am adding the Sundance beads to the blue bands.  Lots of beads done and lots more to go!

Skinny leaves

All of the tall skinny leaves are done!  This is moving right along!

Long leaves

I have started working the long leaves on the right side of the canvas and am using another Belle Soie variegated green.  I am trying to cut the thread to closely match the light and dark on the canvas.

The final flower

 

 

I have finished the final flower on the left side!  Next up....more leaves--the tall skinny green ones shown here.

Another corner

I finished the flower in the corner and have also done another leaf.  The leaves are worked in 2 variegated threads and Trebizond for the yellow--all in basketweave.

Right corner

I have worked the bottom two petals on the right corner flower!  Picking up speed now that I am back in Michigan! 

More flowers

I have finished the center bottom red flower!  I have also started the right corner one.  These are being worked in Silk Lame and have just enough glitz to have them shine a bit.

Another color

I have started...and almost finished the bottom pumpkin and red flower.  I have changed the direction of the stitches to reflect the direction the flower is facing.

Flower #2

I finished flower #2 with the  Silk Lame Braid.  I have also done part of the leaf below it in basketweave.

Another flower

I have started the flower at the bottom....almost all of the largest petal is done, and I have worked most of the center of the top petal.

The first full flower

I have completed the first full flower on Barbados.  I am using Silk Lame Braid in the petite size.  Just a little bit of glitz for the tropical flowers!

Just one petal

I started the petals on the tropical flowers using Silk Lame Braid petite...just a little more sparkle for the piece!

The Fin

Claudette has a fin!  I worked this in two of the Trebizond colors in a Byzantine stitch.

Details

The scales are done, the lips and eye, and I added the blue and gold memory wire on the purple bands.  On to the fin!