March Turtle Trot

Hey Blog Buddies,

It's the tenth day of the month, so it's Turtle Trot progress time.

Turtle shell deep in the snow in March--how sad is that?

Moving on...

First up, we have the ever-popular canvaswork pumpkin.  Here is where I was at last month:

And here is where I'm at now:

I hope you guys aren't getting too bored with this.  It's gonna be a long haul.

 

And a close-up to add a little interest...

Next, we have Cool Cardinal:

last month

 

...this month.  A finish!

In the third spot, we have Mates:

...last month...

...and this month.

As I look at my monitor,

his eye looks like it has maybe three colors,

but that's not the case.

It has a minimum of 20 colors--all in one tiny space.

I'm glad it's done!

Finally, I dragged out my hardanger piece.

 To refresh your memory since we haven't played with it for a while,

here is what it looks like--

kind of ugly since it's been folded up in a bag

since 2006.

I worked a little on the satin stitches in the center

in January of 2013.

This is where I left off.

Here's where I'm at now.

I'm actually surprised the satin stitches lined up!

I also did a bunch of eyelets in the lower right triangle.

Not too much progress,

but any progress on this piece is good.

And for the hardanger mavens out there

who are wondering why I am doing the eyelets

after I started cutting the ground,

all I can say is, I originally decided (in 2006)

that I didn't want the satin stitches and eyelets.

Now I've change my mind.

Wish me luck that the cut ends of the ground don't come loose!
(There are a lot more eyelets!)

Hope your weekend was good.
I went to yet another workshop which was really fun,
but more on that later.

Thanks for visiting!