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SAL Update – Bee #8

I’ve been able to do some work on the Bee during the holiday season! So, here’s last time:

And here’s where I am today, at just over 20% of the whole pattern done:

There’s considerably more honeycomb to see now! I’m planning to stitch the background all the way to the right edge of the design before making my way down and stitching the actual bee. I had a bit of trouble with this fabric not staying tensioned in the frame (never had that with Green Iguana, so I’m blaming the fabric), so I asked a friend for some felt scraps and put it on the fabric where the frame goes – instant fix, I’m much happier now with how things are going!

Here are the other members of the SAL who are posting today. Make sure to check out their work, it’s amazing: Avis, Claire, Gun, Christina, Kathy, Margaret, Cindy, Heidi, Jackie, Sunny, Megan, Deborah, Renee, Carmela, Sharon, Daisy, Anne, AJ, Cathie, Linda and Helen.

SAL Update – Prism Owls #25

Today it’s time for an update on the owls. Last time:

Now, the left side of Mr. Emo-owl’s hair is almost finished, and you can clearly see where the eye is going to be.

This is the last SAL post in 2021 – I can’t believe the year is already over! I’d like to wish all of you happy holidays and a great start into 2022.

Here are the other members of the SAL who are posting today. Make sure to check out their work, it’s amazing: Avis, Claire, Gun, Christina, Kathy, Margaret, Cindy, Heidi, Jackie, Sunny, Megan, Deborah, Renee, Carmela, Sharon, Daisy, Anne, AJ, Cathie, Linda and Helen.

SAL Update – Bee #7

A small update for the bee today – as winter sport on TV starts up, I hope to give more time to this one again. Last time:

I’ve started to work on the flower on the top right, and it’s slowly taking shape:

This one is still fun, although the 28-count fabric is very small indeed. I will stick to 25-count for future projects, it’s so much easier to handle in spite of the seemingly small difference in count.

Here are the other members of the SAL who are posting today. Make sure to check out their work, it’s amazing: Avis, Claire, Gun, Christina, Kathy, Margaret, Cindy, Heidi, Jackie, Sunny, Megan, Deborah, Renee, Carmela, Sharon, Daisy, Anne, AJ, Cathie, Linda and Helen.

SAL Update – Prism Owls #24

We can actually see bits of owl today – almost half of his fabulous blue hair is done!

Last time:

And today:

I really like the colouring on this one!

Here are the other members of the SAL who are posting today. Make sure to check out their work, it’s amazing: Avis, Claire, Gun, Christina, Kathy, Margaret, Cindy, Heidi, Jackie, Sunny, Megan, Deborah, Renee, Carmela, Sharon, Daisy, Anne, AJ, Cathie, Linda and Helen.

SAL Update – Bee #6

There was not as much vacation stitching as I hoped for, mainly because only one of the hotels I stayed at provided the right workspace and lighting conditions to work on this. But there has been progress, even if just a bit. Last time:

Now, the first hexagon is pretty much finished (the missing bits belong to another blue flower), and the next one below is starting to take shape:

Seems like I need to find a TV show or two to watch in order to make more progress – the owl is getting rather more love at the moment.

Here are the other members of the SAL who are posting today. Make sure to check out their work, it’s amazing: Avis, Claire, Gun, Christina, Kathy, Margaret, Cindy, Heidi, Jackie, Sunny, Megan, Deborah, Renee, Carmela, Sharon, Daisy, Anne, AJ, Cathie, Linda and Helen.

SAL Update – Prism Owls #23

Lots of things to see today (except the next owl, but we’re getting there). Here’s last time:

I finished the current batch of black, filled in the branches, and started on the bump of foliage on the left side. You can see the outline of the next owl much better now!

In the middle of the foliage, you can see more outline of his “hair” – this is clearly going to be 80s-emo-owl. I love the fact that all the owls on this design have such different personalities!

I won’t be posting three weeks from now (finally, some travel!), but I’m taking the Bee and hope to have a nice update afterwards.

Here are the other members of the SAL who are posting today. Make sure to check out their work, it’s amazing: Avis, Claire, Gun, Christina, Kathy, Margaret, Cindy, Heidi, Jackie, Sunny, Megan, Deborah, Renee, Carmela, Sharon, Daisy, Anne, AJ, Cathie, Linda and Helen.

SAL Update – Bee #5

It’s Bee time again, and thanks to rather a lot of Olympics watching, I’ve got quite a bit of progress to show. Here’s last time:

I’ve moved the frame a bit, since I’m extending the background to the right. I have now reached the honeycomb that makes up part of the background, as you can see from the hexagonal forms suddenly appearing.

Progress counter is at 17,18% now, which is rather a big change from last time. Onwards!

Here are the other members of the SAL who are posting today. Make sure to check out their work, it’s amazing: Avis, Claire, Gun, Christina, Kathy, Margaret, Cindy, Heidi, Jackie, Sunny, Megan, Deborah, Renee, Carmela, Sharon, Daisy, Anne, AJ, Cathie, Linda and Helen.

SAL Update – Prism Owls #22

Excitement! More Black! Last time:

Today:

I’ll work my way around the right side of the owl before reintroducing some colour. I’ll probably continue the branches first, followed by the cluster of leaves which will fill the bump in the outline on the left. After that we’ll get a look at the colours of the new owl.

Here are the other members of the SAL who are posting today. Make sure to check out their work, it’s amazing: Avis, Claire, Gun, Christina, Kathy, Margaret, Cindy, Heidi, Jackie, Sunny, Megan, Deborah, Renee, Carmela, Sharon, Daisy, Anne, AJ, Cathie, Linda and Helen.

SAL Update – Prism Owls #21

It’s time for owls again! Today will be an update in several steps, since I finally managed to get the first owl finished and moved the frame afterwards. So, here’s where I was six weeks ago:

The tail feathers were still missing, together with a few stitches here or there on the feet and branch, so I filled those in first:

That makes the first owl officially finished! I had already decided that I was going to do the owl to the right of this one next, so I needed to move the frame to get enough empty fabric next. Here’s the reference for where I started on this section:

Next step? Rather a lot of black background, which is a nice change from all the confetti, so I’m quite enjoying it.

You can see the outline of the next section appear. The bump on top of the small branch is some foliage, which will lead directly into the next owl, which looks quite different from the first one!

Here are the other members of the SAL who are posting today. Make sure to check out their work, it’s amazing: Avis, Claire, Gun, Christina, Kathy, Margaret, Cindy, Heidi, Jackie, Sunny, Megan, Deborah, Renee, Carmela, Sharon, Daisy, Anne, AJ, Cathie, Linda and Helen.