Final

I took out all of the white stitches in the pinecone and added the stitches back in brown. I then added the final bow loops on top of the pinecone. This one is ready for the finisher!

The pinecone

So....first I stitched turkey work loops for the cone and frogged it. Then I tried straw silk and frogged that....this is the basketweave stitched in the colors painted on the canvas.....

The bows

All the bows on the top are stitched in place....just the pinecone left!

Berries

The berries are beaded....Sundance size 14 beads in #11 for the red and 577 for the white!

Progress!

I finished the bell by filling in the two dots and lines in black in Silk Lame Braid 205 using tent stitches on the right and reverse tent on the left to get the angle. Then I filled in around it with the Neon Rays +03. I stitched the pine branches on the top using Essentials Gazelle 769 for the branches and Holly 729, Habeanero 721 and Wreath 730 for the needles. I then moved to the left and added the snow on the leaf using Sundance beads size 14 color 421 in messy beading. Whew!

So....

I finished the brim of the hat in tent stitch continuing with Essentials Whale 513 for the dark, Barnacle 515 for the shading at the bottom and Pigeon 505 for the lightest stitches. I then started the bell....the stitch is Diamond Pavillion turned sideways and I have put in Neon Rays + 03 and 43. I will finish the bell tomorrow.

The Center

I finished the candy cane stripe! Then, moving on to the hat on the bell. I used Essentials Whale 513 and Pigeon 505 in the Kalem stitch for the main part of the hat. I will use both of those colors in tent stitch for the band on the hat.

Almost....

I worked on the bottom red and white stripe....almost done....there is always tomorrow!

Woohoo!

The pink background is done!

Greenery

The leaves are done. They are stitched with Essentials, 721, 729 and 730 in packed stem for the most part. The one on far left has some tent and long stitches as there isn't enough room to establish any pattern. The gray is Essentials 513 in horizontal Gobelin.

Everywhere

More pink background on the left under the J and then more by the bell....more on the red and white stripe on the bottom right.....finished the little leaf on the top right and started the one below it. Those are both worked in Essentials 721 and 730 in packed stem stiches.

Pink & Greens

I finished the French Knot branches and one of the leaves. The leaf is in packed stem with a few random long or short stitches using Essentials 721, 729, and 730. I also did a section of the pink background by the Y and up to the bell.

All over

Today, I worked more of the pink background in Skip Tent on the left side of the J. Then, I brought the right column down to and turned the corner with the Neon Rays + and Vineyard silk. Then I moved to the center and did some of the greenery in single wrap French knots using Essentials Holly 729 & Wreath 730. The stem on the right piece is stem stitched in Essentials Whale 513.

And rhe J

I finished the J!

Almost there

I worked on the J again today.....thought I would get it done, but there is always tomorrow

All red & white

The left stripe is done down to the corner and I worked a lot on the J.

More of the same

Today I did a lot of the pink background, a little more on the J and then some of the side border.

Some of

I am back working on the left side, did part of the J, somepink background and then the stripe down the right side.

The Y

I finished the Y today....where to work next?

And more

Today was a lot more pink background and progress down the Y.