The People's Choice SAL - Most Popular Designer

Jo at Serendipidous Stitching is hosting a Stitch A Long the first Saturday of the month, with the topics chosen by her readers.  This month's topic is "Most Popular Designer". 

The word Most means just one. I'm not really a super fan of any one designer, but I have stitched more than one design from several designers. Maybe these are the most popular designers with me.  So here goes --  

Tanja Berlin - I've stitched three of her blackwork designs. I took the pheasants class with her at an EGA National Seminar and stitched the other two on my own.

Dorothy Lesher - I've stitched three of her dragons. I think I took the Sundragon class with her at an EGA National Seminar, and the Dragonmaster at Calloway School of Needlearts.  The Moondragon was on my own.

Lynn Payette - both of these were classes at guild seminars.

Deanna Powell - both the beaded bag and the beaded shawl were classes at EGA National Seminars.

Denise Harrington Pratt - The box and the little toolies were a class at a regional EGA seminar, the small box kit and the many fobs were done on my own. I have no idea how many fobs I have made, but these are a few I have posted about on my blog.

Marion Scoular - the bee hardanger/blackwork piece was a class. The others were done on my own.

Work In Progress Wednesday - Lily Finish

This piece was stuck for a number of years and I’m glad to have it finished. The flash really makes the beads stand out.  They aren't as prominent in real life. 
(There is a five inch paper "mat" to show what it might look like when framed.)

I have another project in mind and hope to show it next Wednesday!

 

Work In Progress Wednesday - Lily Progress

I’ve made a good bit of progress this week, compared with last week.

 

If I stick with it, maybe I can finish by next week (or the week after).

Work in Progress Wednesday - Getting Unstuck #6 - the Lily

This one has been stuck because it is out of my comfort zone. I’m very comfortable with everything counted and with things I make up (no pattern or directions).  This project has a pattern and directions, but nothing exact.  The Lily was a Lynn Payette class I took at the Carolinas Regional EGA Seminar. I’ve put a few stitches in since coming to Japan, but very few.

This is what it looked like when I picked it up this time.
 

When it is eventually finished and framed, there will be a mat covering the edges.

If you’ve taken seminar classes you know that the teacher has to jump around to be able to teach all the techniques in the time of the class, with no section getting finished. Later I have to reread the directions to figure out where I am and what needs to be done. Anyway, it looks like the next thing to do is outline the flower petal sections with twisted cording I make with DMC floss and a little bit of shiny thread.  I have to decide on the thread colors and number of strands.

Here’s my first bit of twisted cord before and after it is couched down.
 

This is how much I’ve done so far.

I’ll try to stick with it and show some progress next Wednesday.