Just like buses ........

I don't post for ages then two in one day!!!

This has been a WIP for ages - I love it but it's hard going stitching on dark fabric, so today I completed the back stitch and stars. Ready to be framed in the New Year.

These stars are tiny little star shaped sequins secured with tiny beads.

Close up detail of the sparkly thread in her wings and skirt.

Scarlett is completed

I finally finished my beautiful Scarlett, I will frame her after Christmas then display her on the wall.

I added beads in the flowers - I would like to say that I did it for depth and texture but truthfully I still cannot do French knots!

Little glittery beads on her dress.

In memory of Scarlett 13th August 2015

A moment in our arms but a lifetime in our hearts.

Scarlett Days 18 - 22

Scarlett Days Sixteen & Seventeen

This was yesterday's update, still quite a lot to do but I'm not losing my place as much!

I didn't do any today :-( We did a project about Halloween, the history and traditions. This inevitably included a long craft session to make a Halloween mobile  - this is the loveliness of home education!

This was the previous day's progress.

Scarlett Day Fifteen

I added some lovely deep olive green today, hopefully these bits will help me work out where I am when I do all the flowers!

No stitching yesterday as I didn't feel well but managed quite a bit today.

Scarlett Day Fourteen

Hair finally finished!! I ran out of thread (probably because of my chart following challenges) so I had to improvise. Bodice of her dress is also complete, started on the flower so she isn't just looking at her hands any more but tired now and off to bed.

Scarlett Day Thirteen

Lots of pics tonight, this one is with the flash on.

I've done loads on the hair today but in all honesty most of it is wrong! I'm sure I have a type of dyslexia because I struggle with numbers and symbols. I get confused with the chart because the symbols are printed in black, red and blue and I much prefer black and white.

I constantly lose my place on the chart, find it and then can't remember where I am supposed to stitch it. I knew I had made a mistake because things didn't line up but no matter how long and hard I looked I couldn't work out where I had gone wrong so in frustration I had to stitch wherever I thought the colours should go.

I shall console myself with the thought that no matter how many people stitch this design, my one will be truly unique!

This is the same pic but without the flash.

I took this photo earlier today before I had made much progress on her hair, I noticed the way the sun was coming in through the window, dappled by the trees and she looked so pretty in the natural light.

This is a closer look at her Angel wings, the colours together look almost irridescent.