Another Walk in the Rainforest

Hey Blog Buddies,

This was my week for working on Rainforest Revisited, and my goal was to stitch eight squares.  I'm happy to say that I accomplished that, even though the time devoted to it might have exceeded a week by a day or two.  But hey, it's my rule and I can bend it if I want to!  Following are the eight squares newly added to the piece:

This is probably the most "boring" square

in my opinion, although everything is relative.

The star in this square is constructed

very similarly to a waffle stitch.

It stitches up quickly once you get a rhythm going.

The rather zany variegated thread here is

a Caron Watercolour called "Burnt Toast."

I have never seen pinks or purples in toast!

Kids, don't try to stitch this one if you're tired...

The diagram alone gave me a headache,

but I like the finished product.

You can see every crack where the canvas shows

through in this close-up shot!

But it's not that noticeable to the naked eye

even 18 inches away...

Watercolours "Sticks and Stones" was used for the middle,

one of my new favorite colors.

This is the only square (so far) that has called for

metallic threads.  I like the sparkle.

Last but certainly not least is

another waffle-stitched star.

The instructions were to use

a 3-yard piece of thread(!) so that you

wouldn't have to start a new thread midstream.

This is probably my favorite square so far.

(My favorite keeps changing.)

I'll save the photo of the piece as a whole

for the WIPocalypse update on Friday.

Gotta have something new to show then!

Hope your weekend was fun!

Thanks for visiting!