Canadian Bear - FINISHED

Okay no "work in progress" pics for this one.  It was just too easy and fun to stitch up that I didn't want to stop to take a picture or scan it.  It took 2 weeks but it really was only 8 days of stitching.  Now it's done.

I use 14ct gold Aida, stitched 2x1 full. 

Here he is:

July Bear - progress update

So I'm making progress on my July Bear.  The flag pole was suppose to be stitched using metallic thread but I didn't want to do that.  I used gold DMC silk thread instead.  I'm getting a little bored of this project so I want to put it aside for awhile.  But on the other hand I'd like to get it done before July (not that I have any money to get it framed).

Here is my progress:

NEW START: July Bear

I started to stitch the June Bear before I had all my eye surgeries.  I wasn't sure I would ever stitch again.  I could so I finished that Bear probably back in 2005 or 2006.  I really wanted to stitch all the month bears and use them as a calendar some how.  So . . . . even though I haven't finished any of my current projects I went ahead and started another one of these.  I picked which one I would do several months ago and I couldn't wait.  It's the July Bear (with the flag pole and the fireworks in metalic threads - yeah me!).  Below is the front and back cover of the booklet.  I think when this one is done I'd like to do the October bear next because it's just so cute.

 I've been working on it for just over 2 weeks and this is how much I've got done so far.  I'm not looking forward to the doing the metallic threads but now that I have some beeswax they might be easier to use.  I'm doing it on 14ct, 2x1 full, Silver Aida.  It's not a shiny silver just a dull gray/silver color.

Sprial Fractal - update

It took a week but I was able to redo the greens and blue from the 2nd page and stitch the third page.  The bottom row of pages is now done.  The top three pages will be full pages as these ones were only about 3/4 of a page.  I'm glad I fixed this error and did another page but I'm setting this aside to work on other things in my ramshackle rotation.

My progress so far: