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Progress on a Butterfly

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It has been a month since my last update on the Mourning Cloak Butterfly.  And lots of progress has been made!

It no longer looks like I threw up on my fabric!  YAY!  Although the colors are not great, now that the edges of the wings are getting stitched, it is beginning to look like an actual butterfly.   I am hoping that once more of the cheerful colors are added, I will like it more.  It is a depressing color scheme – all those reds and browns.  I guess that may be why it is called the Mourning Cloak.

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I hope to have this one finished soon.  I have way too many projects going right now and what to trim down and focus on just two or three.

 

September YOTA

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August did not bring much stitching on The Legend Of The Dogwood Tree.  I started a branch down in the corner and stitched a little white in the middle of a petal.  I also got in some backstitching on petal.  I know it’s not much progress, but it has been hard for me to stay motivated to stitch on this project for a multitude of reasons.

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Mourning Cloak butterfly

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I have made a bit of progress on my Mourning Cloak butterfly.

This was what it looked like on June 29th.

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And this is what it looks like today.

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It still looks like I threw up on my fabric, but at least it is beginning to take the shape of a butterfly.

I’m not fond of the color scheme of this butterfly, but I’m sure it will look better once it is finished.

A Late TUSAL

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So, I am a little late on my TUSAL post, and I think I missed last month all together!  But, at least I’m not the only one!

I did take the picture, but just haven’t been able to post for various and sundry reasons.

Here was my progress as of last week.

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My little jar is filling up.  I have been looking for a large decorative jar to empty it into, but haven’t found one yet that strikes my fancy.

A “Frog” and a Snowman

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I have made quite a bit of progress on my Joey snowman ornament.  At my last post of Joey, he was just a forehead, half a cheek, and half a nose.

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Here he is now with two eyes and his nose finished.

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If you look carefully, you will see a white pile of threads to the right.  That is what I had to remove between the cheek and eyes because I had stitched it incorrectly!  ARGH!!!  I hate un-stitching because I’m not paying close attention.  Unfortunately, I have been doing quite a bit of that lately.  Usually, I catch myself early and only need to remove a few stitches, but lately, it has been a frog-fest.

I am not stitching as fast as I need to complete my goal of finishing all 5 snowmen before Christmas!  I need to pick up the pace and get to stitching!