WOYWW 808/28 - A step forwards, half a step back...

Hellooo!!! Welcome to WOYWW once again - hosted by lovely Sarah over at Sarah's Craft Shed.  The weekly blog hop around creative desks across the world to see what folks have been up to, and behind the scenes.

Newsflash - I've discovered that if you upload from a desktop computer (or laptop) you can get photos to open large in a separate window - it doesn't work from a mobile!  So fee free to click into pics and have a proper close up snoop.

So we do have some progress after having got the desk cleared, we now have an empty box with everything in it being put away... or back on the desk!  To be fair, the items on the desk are there to be worked on in the very near future, or posted to people, so they're there as a reminder to get on with them - LOL.

Front and centre you can see an embroidered panel which was a Christmas Tree embroidery stitch-a-long (SAL) I took part in during advent in 2022 and I really need to finish it off.  By Sunday.  I plan to make it into a cushion and as Flossmas starts Sunday, I want to share it with the viewers as a finish.  No pressure then LOL.  I've some fabrics there to the right that I've been considering as possible options but although they were sold as fat quarters, they're actually a little smaller and that's causing a bit of a headache.

Here's a close-up, before you all ask:

It was good fun to do at the time, but the reason it took so long to finish was all the seed stitches.  They took me the better part of 2023 to finish off and then it just sat there.

I've another piece to frame as well - I started that for Xmas 2022, and finished it last Xmas.

It's quite sweet (pardon the pun) and a bit of a departure from my norm as there's quite a lot of pink in it!  I have the frame, just haven't got as far as mounting it yet.

Mary Anne last week mentioned that she was missing the needlework so here goes with some of the latest pieces being worked on.

First up is a "Vampire Caravan" which is by Living on the Rainbow.  A bit of a Halloween fest. 

I've actually got a little further than this but don't seem to have a photo to hand.  The caravan glows in the dark in places, 

and when finished will look like this:

It's really quite small and will sit comfortably in the palm of my hand with room to spare, once done. I will come back and show you the finished article.

I've also worked a little on the World of Cross Stitching SAL and hope to have this finished by the end of the year, although the last part came out about 6 weeks ago!  I think my brain has had enough, to be fair, and wants to move on. Only 4 sections to go.

I've also spent time working on Cherith, by Textured Treasures.

It's a real confection of speciality counted embroidery stitches and I love it.  Karen very kindly provided me with a bespoke colourway, and as neither of us had a clue what it would look like once stitched, it's a bit of a mystery until it's done! She is one very clever lady!

Well, that's all from me for this week - sorry I'm a little late joining in again but better late than never, I say.

And....wait.... it's actually December in 3 days' time.  How did that happen already???

Happy hopping folks!

Morti

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