Works in Progress

 

I've finished most of the bee skep in my BOAF "No Bees, No Honey" project.  I seem to be missing the color needed for the diagonal lines.  I thought I could just substitute another color, but I found that the diagonals seemed to just blend in with the rest of the bee skep, so I'll wait until I can buy the missing color.  I'll move on to the border next, I think.

 

I've also started Just Nan's "Summer Spell".  I thought I might be able to stitch this one quickly and do the finishing over the weekend, but it's turning out to be more (slower) work than I anticipated.  There are lots of color changes.  It will be worth it when I'm done, but right now the work is a little bit tedious.  When there are only a couple of stitches, I'm never quite sure how to secure the threads on the back side.  I think I've gotten out of practice working on her designs!  Now to finish these before the end of summer!

Comments

[Suzanne]

Beuatiful stitching! It's always a pain when you really are into stitching a piece and you don't have one of the threads. I am haing the same problem at the moment.

When I have a lot of changes in colour, I usually try to stitch the larger blocks of colour first and then secure the little ones in the larger sections.

[Debbie]

Your beeskeep piece is coming along beautifully. And I love the other piece - such pretty colors.

[cj]

Pretty progress on both. CJ ok;-)

[Brigitte]

Very nice progress.
When I have those confetti stitches I do the same as Suzanne and stitch the solid parts first. And if there is no solid stitching I take just one strand of the thread and stitch each leg twice. One strand more easily to anchor on the back of the stitching.

[Danielle]

Suzanne--I'm missing a few colors I've discovered--it is sort of annoying when you're all set to work on a project! I've been trying to start with a color that has several stitches together (in this case it was the birdhouse). I'm always afraid I won't secure my thread well enough and the individual stitches will come loose.
Debbie--I like how the Bee skep is looking as well and have stitched more on it since I took that photo! The Summer piece will be nice when I get more stitched on it as well.
CJ-Thanks! Slow but steady progress I hope.
Brigitte--I never knew those were called confetti stitches but it makes sense! I had not thought of using one strand--that's a good idea and I will keep it in mind. I'm afraid for those individual stitches they will come loose later on!