Above is the photo from last time. Three weeks on, things look like this.
and a zoom in for better look at colours & details.
This gorgeous blackwork design, “Tiny Treasures” by Elizabeth Almond is available for free on Blackwork Journey.
Let’s hop along over to blogs of fellow SAL members. Avis and I are both working on the same project (in different colours) but everyone is free to choose the project they fancy working on, and showing progress every 3 weeks.
Avis, Gun, Carole, Constanze, Christina, Kathy, Margaret, Cindy, Heidi, Jackie, Sunny, Megan, Deborah, Mary Margaret, Renee, Carmela, Sharon, Daisy, Anne, Connie, AJ, Jenny, Laura, Cathie, Linda, Helen
And we’ll be back again on 21st March.
Beautiful warm colors you have chosen, Claire !!
Hugs, Carmela
thank you Carmela.
Very frustrating not to be able to comment on your blog, but your trio of horses is coming along nicely.
This is a beauty! I love the close up look at the designs. Such a gorgeous piece 🙂
the close up is to admire true colours ^^ I’m having trouble getting a decent photo of the whole thing now since it keeps getting longer and longer.
I just realized that some of your boxes are in different locations from Avis’. Took me long enough. This is so very pretty. I love the floss combination of the second box from the left in that most recent row.
Avis is making lots of changes along the way, altering designs, switching squares . . . I’m stitching as they come.
Seeing yours all at once makes me realise how mine is going to be when it’s unrolled LOL.
it’s going to be very long ^^
I love how this is turning out, thanks for those close ups!
thanks Kathy, more close ups next time maybe lol.
Beautiful! It’s lovely seeing the close-ups too.
close-ups to admire the gold colour in there too, which doesn’t stand out very well from a distance.
Wow, love seeing how long it’s gotten so far! Love the colors and love the tulips 🙂 Great job!
aw thanks Christina ^^ Funny how everyone is recognising the tulips, I didn’t realise what they were when stitching ^^
That’s how I drew flowers as a kid ❤️
Life is like a box of chocolates. I adore this project, and Liz’s designs
I did have plans on doing Liz Almonds “Box of Delights” one year, and never got around to it.
I completed box of delights, definitely a favourite taking pride od place in the Boudoir
did you? I remember you stitching the “Save the Stitches” one, but didn’t realise you’d done Box of Delights. Liz also designed the Pandora’s Box which looks lovely, but not enough time to do them all ^^
Amazing how similar yours and Avis’s are but so different. Both stunning!
yes it’s lots of fun to see the differences
Claire, I am always amazed that each box and corner is different! So many combinations, and each beautifully sewn.
yes so many possibilities ^^
I love the tulip and leaf patterns.
tulips seem to be very popular ^^
Cannot believe how many different stitches there are in this piece of work – love the little tulips. How many more rows?
umm I think there are 2 more rows of squares to go. A total of 13 rows.
Lovely. My favourite this time is the box of tulips 🙂
Oh dear. I just had a little peek at the website and have fallen in love with Pandora’s box…
you’ve waited this long to take a peek? Liz has some lovely designs available for free on that site. I was tempted by the Box of Delights when it came out but was too busy on something else. I’m glad Avis and I decided on Tiny Treasures because it really is a joy to stitch, and haven’t got bored once!
Great progress! It´s looking so good with your choice of color!
I followed the link and saw the finished embroidery and it´s a beauty! Looking forward to see your progress!
thanks Gun ^^
I assume you and Avis plan where you are stitching so that you stay together, do you never get tempted to do just a bit more lol. It was the thing that put me off traditional Sals that either we were given one small part to do so we all went at the same pace – which often left me itching for the next bit – or some people seemed to do nothing but stitch all day so would be racing ahead, leaving those with less time to feel like they were falling behind, and lose heart, with many just dropping out.
yes we always consult, when we’re stitching the same design so that we go at the same pace. We both have other crafty projects to do on our agenda, so we agreed to keep stages fairly small to give ourselves time to pick up other projects every 3 weeks and not feel “slaves” to the SAL. This project has been much less stitch intensive than previous projects we’ve both worked on. You might remember “Getting Ready” which had rather a lot of work in it, and pushed us both to stitch longer hours ^^ On Tiny Treasures, I think we’ve both enjoyed the slow pace as it all comes together. The fun being in the journey, not the destination ^^
I am always amazed at how long this is, and getting longer every time!
yes, we could have done the square version, but we both liked the long rectangular version best.
Thank you for the close-up image, it’s great to see the colors and the details in the different patterns! I feel like I could look at this piece for hours and notice something different every time.