Believe it or not

Believe it or not really.....I spent all my stitching time today on these two hearts.  I was sure I could finish all five, but these are a lot more detailed than I anticipated.  I started the top  right one by doing the blue in Silk Lame Braid, followed by the Frosty rays in white and then added all of the Mill Hill Petite Beads.  Then on the lower left one, I did all the Kreinik Gold outline and center design.  Then the Silk Lame blue in the middle design followed by the white areas in Kreinik 12b efore finishing the blue bands and Rhodes heart in Christopher!  Imagine that was almost three hours!

Five to go

Working from the top down, I added more beads around the heart in the center of the top row to finish filling it in with the Magnificas.  I then used Kreinik to outline the large heart and filled in the center pattern with Frosty rays and the final blue beads to finish that one. Laid Flair and Fyre Werks fill in the one next to it.  A Neon Rays Rhodes heart filled in that one on the edge below it.  To the left of that one, I used Flair and Christopher to basketweave that design.

7 more

I started on the big heart in the bottom row on the left.  I did a padded satin stitch heart using Flair and then did a Van dyke stitch using two shades of Fyre Werks for the vertical stripes.  The last one next to the center is done in Neon Rays Rhodes again.  Then on the right, I did four Rhodes.  The top is Fyre Werks gold, Two in Sparkle Rays and the bottom one is Frosty Rays.

Several more

I started out with the large gold and blue heart by adding Kreinik #12 gold and then laid in Sparkle Rays to complete that heart.  Moving down, I did Neon Rays Rhodes stitches in the next two hearts and then surrounded the left one with gold Mill Hill beads.  The three little gold hearts are yet another shade of gold Fyre Werks done in Rhodes also.  I filled in two blue hearts with Silk Lame braid, one large and one very small.  The last one finished is a Neon Rays heart surrounded by Magnificas in gold.

Christopher was in my stash and is a rayon/metallic fiber that they call braided and that braiding is done with what looks like silver blending filament with a size a tad smaller than Kreinik 12--thanks for asking!

Hearts

Today, I concentrated on the hearts in the lower left quadrant.    The top most left one is a Rhodes heart stitched with Fyre Werks.  Then I worked the blue lines in the second row, large heart, with a single strand of Christopher.  I then did beading on the  next row left heart, small tiny white one, and then dropped down next to the blue Rhodes heart and alternating blue and white Mill Hill beads on the one and all blue on the little one.

Returning to

I hate to say normal because what is that really?  LOL  It has been a very busy week here with a shopping trip with one sister, watching the great niece who is three.....cute little blond that you see pictures of occasionally, then today celebrating Father's Day with the family.  Phew!  Tomorrow, I am going to stitch first and do the chores second!  Which project shall I work on first?  See you then!

BTW, I am getting lots of people stopping me and asking me about the Wild Woman handbag!  They all love her!

In the bag!

Wild Woman is in the bag!  I finished the earrings with the last of the beads, puts some black Kreinik between the beads, added the Swarovski hot fix crystals to her glasses and cut and placed her in the bag.  So easy to place in the Lee bag.  This one is Lee's nylon shopper bag (of course!) and she is ready for the world!  Yes, Margaret, she would be the one helping you across the counter, popping her chewing gum to boot!  This gal has attitude and thanks for watching her come to life!  Yes, Jane, I will get you a photo of me wandering around with her too!