Back to the legacy

It has been a very long time between blog posts.

I have been completing many things which are detailed on my other blog pamsprogress but mostly those projects don't fall into the "legacy" category.

I am now going to tackle more of those sort of projects.

The first is from an online class I am doing with Trish Burr.

The design I am doing is this robin and pansy

It is miniature thread painting and I have made a start on the tail.

The finished design will be a little over two inches.

More canvas work

Here is my latest canvaswork finish.
It is another design From Nancy's Needle, called Tulips and Fans.
It was lovely to stitch 

a finish

I finally have another finished project to add, although it still has to be framed.

It is a canvaswork piece and the pattern is From Nancy's Needle, Iris and fans.

It was really lovely to stitch and the threads are lovely; Caron Watercolours, DMC pearl and Rainbow Gallery metallics.

my other big project

This is where I am at with my eagle quilt.

This is the pattern I am using
www.quiltswithstyle.com/main/Projects/Freedom_for_All_(Part_2_of_3).html

I hope to have more progress to show soon

June update

So here is the progress so far on my stained glass quilt, or as close as I can get to an overall picture.

The very centre needs the bias on the dove.

The next border only has a small amount done on the right, above the corner rose.

There will be a black border after this and before the outside flower blocks.

Six of the flower blocks are finished, and each of the others has some of the bias applied.

Top left hand flower corner.

Down the left side

Further down the left side.

The bottom left corner.

Bottom right corner.

Up the left side

Further up the left side.

Top right hand corner

These are the finished blocks.

I am currently working on the other three tulip blocks.

lace finishes

This beaded lace cowl was made from yarn left over from previous lace projects.

It was my first attempt at knitting in beads.

I used the method where you thread the beads on the yarn first.

I wasn't that happy with the end results.

The beads didn't sit exactly where I wanted them.

I should perhaps have used larger beads but I wanted to use what I had.

I enjoyed knitting this feather and fan shawl from "A Gathering of Lace"

It was knitted in Knitpicks lace yarn.

This lace scarf is for me. Part of my learning curve in lace knitting.

I need to learn to read the pattern more closely.

On the first end I did "pick up and knit" instead of "pick up".

This resulted in the end panel each facing in a different direction ( you can't see that in the photo, I have turned one end over so that they look the same).

The pattern is from Jane Sowerby.

three blocks done

These are the next three blocks finished for my stained glass quilt.

So I now have all four rose blocks completed for the corners.

The next ones to tackle are the four tulip blocks.

One is finished, three to go.

The first round of bias is already tacked in place.

Making time for and getting preparation done seems to be an important part to keeping me moving on a project.