another update...

...thanks to still feeling lousy I have had extended sick leave coupled with a trip to the doc's and an x-ray... He suspects I could have patches of pneumonia I will find out tomorrow but for the moment I am feeling a little average... Anyway, enough of my sad story... The upside is that today I felt up to doing a little stitching... 

this would be my favorite seam so far - I felt I had achieved exactly what I had set out to do even though the pink novelty thread was a late inclusion

Cretan stitch, lazy daisy with bead, couched novelty thread

 ...these little jewellery findings worked a treat and finish that section for me...

butterfly trimming, hot pink bead silver jewellery findings

 ...this is my 'problem child' - while I love the beads - they just look like a blob. Even E when looking asked me what they were...But I shall leave then until I can think of something better...

variety of glass flower and leaf shaped beads -

Outline stitch around painted leaf shape, pink flower shapes with hot  pink bead sewn over chevron stitch

 So as you can see I am on the home run... I want to reapply the colour to the fractured flower so bringing it into the foreground a little  bit more... Perhaps even some french knots to the centre - I'll see on that one as  french knots are still one of my 'difficult' stitches...

Overall block

Below are my selections for March - I have some ideas - some generated from this book. Brian Haggard creates some exciting  examples of what can be done. Every time I browse through the pages I find some thing new. His style really appeals to me and I would like to try some of his larger motifs - but I guess only time will tell if it happens...

March CQ choices.

Until later, take care

Sharon x x