Konstantinople Part 8 !!

Yay, All caught up!!

GK Portrait of the Daughter update

I have not lost my stitching mojo for this piece, it seems to have captured me again :)

She is really coming to life and isn't a difficult stitch. She has large patches of solid stitching which fill in quickly. I actually did some online research on this painting, it has an interesting background. It was painted by Rembrandt Peale who was born into an artistic family in Pennsylvania(hence the name given him). He painted many pictures of American Presidents, as well as his own family members. This particular portrait is his daughter, Rosalba Peale, who appears with her sisters in other paintings as well.

I've now stitched almost 8 out of approx 30 pages (some partial). I've included the pattern pic as well for comparison.

Happy Dancin' for Mediterranean Mermaid!!!

I really enjoyed her, she's loaded with treasure braid, beads and crystals. She didn't take too long either! I stitched her on 28 count opalescent twilight lugana from Zweigart.

RUH - ROH!!!

Haven't QUITE finished this month's part on Chat Konstantinople> I got three of the archways done, and man were they HUGE!! I'll finish up that last one along with this month's part (hopefully Martina will go easy on us )

Something a little different....

I haven't worked on my Golden Kite projects in forever, but lately they have been calling me again :)

This one is called Portrait of the Daughter

Spring Knotgarden

Finished Part 2, this took longer than I would have thought, but I love the delicate colors.

'Nother new project ??? maybe 2!

I just can't resist those Chatelaines! I have absolutely NO willpower when Martina releases a new design that I love. Oh well, at least I'll enjoy the ride :)

I "adopted" Joyce"s Spring Knotgarden when she decided to restitch on a different color. I'm continuing it now into part 2.

I also decided to start Medieval Octagon as most of the threads were easily subbed with DMC and I had all materials on hand, except beads.

These two classes are released every other month and they are opposite months, so maybe it'll be easier to keep up. Neither is as big as the mandalas.