Framed!

Pieces of Africa is framed!

Pieces of Africa Finished

I completed all of the background darning stitches today!  This one is done!  I am going to check the UFO pile and decide if I want to finish another piece or start a new one!

Pieces of Africa returns

I am working on UFO's!  I last worked on this in June!  I have finished all the boxes, backstitched around them and am now working on the darning pattern behind the boxes.

Final Box

The final box is a plaited diamond pattern that starts with Fyre Werks in the Center, then Neon Rays.  In between the Neon Rays, I laid in Kreinik and then top all of that with metallic.  Beads are added on the corners.

Third box

The third box is worked with a square stitched in the center with 4 shades of floss.  Then Double Fan stitches are worked around the piece

Second Box

The Second Box started with a Rhodes stitch in the center with Neon Rays.  Then  a cross stitch over one is worked around the square.  An elongated cross stitch in metallic is over the top of those.  Last two different colors of Kreinik create the diamonds with  modified Jessicas over the top!

Pieces of Africa returns!

I finished the first pattern in the boxes across the center panel.  Several center diamonds in various threads, then a gold overlay, followed by two Crescents in Kreinik and finally some beads!

Row 4 & 8

I added row 4 & 8.  See the line of encroaching Gobelin below the top row and above the Herringbone row?  Some progress here and there.

Row 7

Row 7 is a Herringbone stitch worked with ten different fibers from floss, Kreinik to Neon Rays.

And fixed!

Got row 6 right this time!  Moving on!

Back tracking

So I was working along on row 7 and caught my mistake!  I started row 6 over one thread further than I should.  See above.  It is supposed to line up with row 5!  I am ripping it all out and starting over! 

Row 6 & Beads

I added the beads in the four way continental boxes.  Then row 6 at the bottom is Perle 8 in Double Leviathan stitches tied with #8 in 002.

One border at the bottom

Next up is a row at the bottom.  Neon Rays 66 is the dark blue Rhodes stitches across the row.
Buds 464 is the Eyelet stitches in between.  Lots of sheen in this row!

Across the top

I added a row of tied Giant Scotch stitches across the top in Buds and the tie thread is Neon Rays.  Below that is a row of Van Dyke stitches in Kreinik #8 in 002.

Moving on

Well, this cold really took me a while to get over.  I almost have my voice back and am back to doing some stitching.  I added in the lines at the top and bottom with Watercolours in a Gobelin stitch.  The gold boxes are Treasure braid in a four way continental stitch to outline the Smyrna cross squares.

Gold Boxes

So I finally got some time in on Pieces of Africa.  These are all double crosses worked in #8 Kreinik 002.  I have caught a doozy of a cold and have not felt much like stitching due  to all of the coughing,  Hope none of you catch it!  Both of us have and now have a large collection of cold remedies to choose from!