June Finishes

I finished my two current projects this week. Woo hoo! First up is Elizabethan Biscornu and scrissor fob. This was a fantastic blackwork design by Nancy Pederson. I used the middle motif to make the scissor fob. For my first (and second) biscornu, I am very pleased with the results. I'm sure that I'll be making more. It was a bit tricky around the corners, but by the last one I was feeling like I knew what I was doing. I really would like know how to pronounce biscornu". I tried to tell my husband what it was (bless him, he tried to act like he cared) and I ended up saying, "I think it's French". LOL! I wish I remembered where I saw it spelled phonetically. My second finish is the Sally Spencer Sampler from Birds of a Feather. Love the warm colors and the saying, "Sooner begun, sooner done." She'll hang in my kitchen once she is framed.

What I'm Working On Now...Sally Spencer

I usually always have more than one project going at one time, however as I near the end of one I tend to focus on it until it is done (unless something new calls to me). I fell in love with Sally Spencer from Birds of a Feather the first moment I saw her. It took me many years to finally get to her. I started her last summer and am very near the finish now. (Yes, I have worked on other projects along the way.) I only have to finish a bit of the vine on the left, the numbers at the top, and then add my families initials here and there. I had initially stitched Sally's name, but I frogged it out and added my name. She is stitched on 32 ct. Lakeside "Exampler" over two with most of the called for threads. I did change a couple of colors so they would show up better on the fabric.