water lilies work-in-progress 6, and christmas presents
The only thing left to do is the backstitching; however, that will have to wait until after the holidays. I decided to make a lot of my Christmas presents (again) this year, so I'm going to be working on that for the next several weeks. (And even then I might not finish everything; luckily my family members are used to being shown a halfway finished piece--or just a picture--and being told "You'll get that in March.)
First up, a pair of pillowcases for my grandmother. When I'm done, I wash them, and the stamped pattern washes out, so all that's left is the thread. Satin stitch used to be one of my least favorite stitches, but I'm getting better (and faster) at it.
The entire design.
I got 2 more pairs of pillowcases, one would be good for any of the girls in the family and one would be good for any of the guys--it's a paisley pattern in blue and green, so it's not girly. And I got a blank monk's cloth afghan, which I could use for pretty much anyone and let them pick out the pattern. And some embroidery transfers. One of them is a set of letters and I was thinking of making my step-father some monogrammed handkerchiefs, but the letters turned out to be too big for that, it would cover the entire handkerchief. I'll have think of something else to use them for. Any ideas?
