New Start: Canvaswork Class

Hey Blog Buddies,
January has turned out to be a very busy month, stitching-wise, here at The Southpaw Stitcher.  I've put stitches into 12 projects (the usual rotation is about one project per week) and finished 7 of them, and the month isn't even over!  Most of them were small projects, or projects left over from 2012, but still.   I signed up for a canvaswork class which was held today, and now I have a new start to show you:

This is the start of Variations on a Rhodes Theme by

Freda's Fancy Stitching.

Like the name of the project says,

all the stitches are some type of Rhodes stitch.

I couldn't get the colors right

no matter how hard I tried.

The center square is gray/purple

and not green/burgundy

(it's Watercolours Flagstone),

and the aqua isn't quite as intense.

There's nothing like a canvas full of Rhodes stitches

to generate an immediate wow factor.

Unfortunately, this little beauty must be set aside.

I'm stitching on a valentine-themed piece

for Jo's Secret Stitching Sweetheart Blog Hop.

I'll be keeping this one under wraps until the 14th of February.

Click here if you'd like to join in the fun!

Finally, don't forget to check out my giveaway,

if you haven't already.

The last day to enter is tomorrow,

January 27th at 11:59 p.m. Chicago time.

Click here to find out all about it.

Good luck!

That's it for today.

Hope you're having fun this weekend.

Thanks, as always, for visiting.