I managed to get a little bit further on this project.

I am still working on this, I may have to put it aside for a bit. Time to start getting ready for the Holidays. Things have all ready started picking up in my shops and I will be going on vacation the beginning of October.

This project is coming along. I am really loving the variegated silk thread. I am using a hoop for this at the moment but may switch to just stitching in hand for a while.

It is coming along nicely. I found this very pretty silk floss by Caron. It has a nice jewel tone change in colors. It is called Nefertiti. It goes from blue to purple to gold. So I am using the same floss for different sections, just planning it out.

I have started working on this. I have changed the colors, the fabric I am working on is 28 ct white chocolate linen. I am working with silk threads for this. Some of them are variegated, meaning the color changes on each thread. Working with variegated thread usually you want to finish each cross at once rather than doing a row of stitches and going back and crossing them. Using silk thread, I usually use a shorter thread (12-18 inches instead of 24-30 inches).