Ruby

Next up is Glitz &Glamour-Ruby by DebBee's Designs.  This is being worked on 18 ct red canvas.  I started by working a Cashmere stitch with 3 strands of Splendor.  Next came Smryna cross stitches in Elegance followed by Rhodes stitches.

The final box!

 The final box is done!  I started by doing a series of crossed stitches around the Smyrna crosses-the silver.  Then gold Kreinik is interwoven over the crosses.  Elegance created the modified Sheaf stitches amongst those.  Then  more woven stitches in the center and then the Kreinik star is woven over those with a Jessica added to the center.  Gold and silver are backstitched around the Smyrna crosses and finally the beads were added.  Then more backstitching next to the center panel and below the two rows of silver in the box on the far right.  Below is the final photo.  Now all I have to do is finish it into the weight. 

Side bars are done!

I added all of the crystal and gold beads on the side bands first and then added gold Kreinik backstitching and details around all of the Jessicas.  The last top block on the right is next.  I had thought I would have it done sooner, but there are a lot of beautiful details.  I hope some of them show in the pictures!

A closeup of all the beads and glitz!

Filling in

Petite Frosty Rays and Elegance are added around all of the Jessicas in diagonal lines adding shimmer and matte around the edges.  Still more to add in these borders!

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!

All the way across

I finished all the way across.  First I added Diamond Jessicas in gold and silver between the sets of Jessicas on both bands.  Then each border has a double Fan Motif worked in the very middle!

And the bottom

Now the bottom band has all of it's Jessicas!  Moving right along.  Jane suggested that this might be pretty in other colors and I totally agree.  I think that you could use a single color but also even mix in two or three.  This is primarily gold, silver, ecru, gray and lite peach.  Black and white, light to dark purples, pinks, greens, blues and on and on!