Finally, photos

As I mentioned in my earlier post, I had plenty of time for stitching while vacationing on Maryland's Western Shore. Here are some photos of my progress:

First some Workbasket Quaker Animals

The Rabbit: actually completed before the vacation but only photographed this morning ... stitched on the same 28ct country cream linen as all the other animals in Crescent Colors Belle Soie Paprika ...

The Turtle: again, stitched on 28ct country cream linen using Crescent Colors Belle Soie Tortoise Shell [what else, indeed?]

And progress on The Rooster: also on 28ct country cream linen, stitched with Caron Wildflowers Cinnabar ...

Also from Workbasket's Rabbit Rondel Leaflet, the pin cushion and the scissor fob. I'll be stitching up the pin cushion as a small mattress style cushion ... hence the oddly shaped top. For these stitchong accessories, I used the same 28ct Cashel linen from Silkweaver [Color: Starquest]as wellas using the same Caron Waterlilies Periwinkle silk floss as I did for the larger Rabbit Rondel piece ... The pin cushion was stitched over one

and so was the scissor fob, which when finished will be about the size of a quarter.

And, from Primitive Needle

The Salem Witch: stitched on a 40ct mystery linen from my scrap stash in DMC 310 and Crescent Colors Belle Soie Pumpkin Carriage ...

1692 : Stitched on 28ct Country Cream linen [a scrap from my Quaker Animals] in DMC 310 and Crescent Colors Belle Soie Pumpkin Carriage. I will enventually finish this as a pin keep.

From Homespun Elegance's Bits and Pieces series

Oh, Snowy Night: stitched on Antiqu Blue 25ct Laguna from Zweigart using Crescent Colors Belle Soie silks

Christmas Night Stocking: stitched on 28ct Country Cream linen using Belle Soie silks ...

Finally, a few pieces of my own design

Progress on the Fertile Circles Needlebook ...

Progress on the Beach Find Pansies panel to be incorporated into a crazy Quilt block using Weeks Dye Works wools in the colors of Cognac, Sand, Parchment and Palomino. The pansies are stitched in Crescent Colors Belle Soie silks Buttercup and Vanilla Pudding as well as an un-named green cotton over dye from Catherine Jordan used to attach the shell fragment and fill in the center with French knots ...

And here are a few more shell fragments I hope to use in this panel ... I found many more interesting shell pieces burnished and polished by the waves of the Chesapeake Bay ... I shall be posting more about my beach finds tomorrow ...