Slow Sunday Stitching - April 2, 2023

Lots of needlework progress this week!  

First of all, I finished the ten hours on the Sewing Bag - the changeover post is here.   The center and basin edge of the fountain will be filled in with satin stitch and I got a good start on the center.

I promised a photo of the Sugar Skull when there was something interesting to look at.   Here's a minor milestone - the left half of the jaw is done with the first color sneaking in.   I debated if I was going to fill in the color bits as I went or leave them to the end.   I know myself well enough that I'm going to need something to break up the hundreds and hundreds of bone-beige stitches.   So the plan is to finish all the bone in an small section and then fill in just the color areas that it surrounds.

In March, I put in 2,113 stitches.   So far this project has 7,241 stitches and 37.5 hours.  Next up will be the right side of the jaw.

I also had some virtual meeting times this week where I was not on camera, so I worked a bit on the Canine Santa ornament, during the 'listening only' part of the meetings.  Upper torso, face, and hat are done; next up will be the pup that he is holding.   I only did that bit of the big brown dog because I had a needle's worth of dark brown floss to use up (used for Santa's eye color first).   This is turning out to be a great travel/desk project since I don't need magnification for it due to it being on perforated paper.

Last but certainly not least is the start of Slot #3 (Modern) in the rotation.  I'm working on the next to the last of the Victoria Sampler Christmas ornaments / quilt blocks.  I had gotten the floss and beads sorted and the fabric on the scroll rods during the last rotation, so I dove right in.   I designed an easy border to square off the corners since all the other blocks are squares.   I will also rechart the lettering in the upper right to be "Noel" instead of "Love".   The rest of it is fine as charted; it's going to be fun because it's basically a miniature band sampler.   And I love that style of sampler so much.

I'm linking up with the SSS crew (here's the current roundup).