More fuzzy

The left side feathers are all stitched in place and brushed!

Starting the feathers!

I have started the pink and white feathers!  These will take a while but will be fun!

The borders are finished!

I have finished all of the borders!  I also beaded her shoes!  On to the feathers!

The skirt is done!

I finished down the left side of the skirt!  All of the beading is done!  Just a bit more on the borders and then the pink and white feathers to do.

The right side borders

I stitched the right side borders down to the corner after I finished stitching the rest of the leg.  That is a lot of Kreinik shine!

The right side

The right side is all beaded!  The shine of all the beads is much better in person!

Starting the skirt

I am working on the skirt and it is all going to be beaded as well!

A very long leg!

I worked on stitching down the leg for the most part!  I also did a bit more of the borders on the left side.  This is coming right along!

The Empress stitch guide is back in the final form--which means the cover has a photo of it framed.  It is available with the purchase or the canvas or from me!

Here and there

Completed a bit more of the skirt, worked on her leg, and the left side border.

Half way

Working down the skirt and about half way down.  Also worked more on the left side border and started on the leg.

The Skirt

Working on the skirt which is all beads!

Fringe and more

The fringe on the halter is done, the torso and arm are done, the bracelets are done, and I finished the feathers on the left!  

The halter top

I beaded the entire halter top!  It is so shiny!

Feathers and borders

I have worked the borders down past the feather spray on the right side and then stitched in the spray itself.

More bling

I finished the arm and chest area first.  Next she has her earring and bands of bracelets!

Starting on skin

The face is all stitched and I am starting down the neck!

The Cap

I have beaded the cap of the head dress with five colors of beads!

Fluffy!

The head dress is completely stitched!

Starting the Head Dress

I have started the head dress and have most of the first two colors in!

Fleur de Paris

 Beating Heart by Machelle Somerville on display at Fleur de Paris booth at TNNA!

 Green Poinsettia stocking by Machelle Somerville on display at Fleur de Paris booth at TNNA!

First Frost by Machelle Somerville on display at Fleur de Paris booth at TNNA!  

Love seeing them beautifully framed!

Empress!

 This is Empress from the Royals Collection by Leigh Designs!  The bling on this is awesome!  I thought about photographing it in direct sunlight so you could see all of it!  LOL

Here is the framed piece on display at the TNNA San Diego show the past weekend!  I snitched the photo from the TNNA Facebook page.

You can see the entire line of crowns and tiaras at: http://www.leighdesigns.com/Grp721x.html
Be sure to click on the links under the designs that have stitch guides available to see more awesome stitching!

The left ones

I finished the left side borders down past the head dress feathers!  Just a bit to go on the right side down past those feathers.

Some of the side

I am working at the top borders so I can start on the head dress feathers....lots done down the right!

From the top......

I have started at the top of the canvas and am working the four different borders.  I have to get quite a bit of border done before starting on the head dress feathers.

Bergere

 This is Bergere from the Showgirl series by Leigh Designs, #5027.  It is an 18 x 20 canvas on 18 count.  She is to be a mate to Copa to hang in my house.  I will be working some of the same elements in this piece to go with that canvas, such as the borders.  I have been accumulating the threads and beads while working on my other projects so I am ready to get this on the stretcher bars and go.

And done!

I finished stitching the second Boo!  I have to find a frame for this.  This is the second one that I stitched as my sister had started it but did not have time to finish, so I did.

TaDA

I finsihed all the rest of the flower petals!  So this piece is finished!  Thanks Machelle Somerville for a wonderful canvas.  The canvas is on its' way to Fleur de Paris and the stitch guide will be in a couple of minutes!

The rest of the toe

I went ahead and finished all of the berries and vines.  All that is left is a few flower petals!

All in!

The black and white zig zags are all done!  

Moving around!

I still have several petals to finish, but switched to working more of the zig zag at the bottom for some variety.  I have the area about half done and will do more of the zig zag to finish off this portion of the stocking before resuming petals.

Happy New Year!

I wish all of you a wonderful New Year!

Today is my mom's birthday so we are going to celebrate as a family.  I will get some stitching time later.

I went back and looked at 2015 from my stitching list and it was a very productive year!  I finished 14 projects, wrote several stitch guides for those projects as well as quite a few custom guides this year!  Busy, Busy, but doing what I love!

May all of your stitching dreams come true this year!