Not listed in order of importance ;-)
98% of Ribbon and Stumpwork panel is finished!!!!!!!!!! Other 2% is deciding what kind of border, if any, to put around edges and type of finishing (framed (myself or by a pro) or as a 'quilt' wall hanging.Discovering that ribbon work isn't all that difficult, especially if one follows instructions 'not to worry about laying everything straight'
The regional stitching seminar was WONDERFUL!!!!!!!!!!!! Lynn Payette is my kind of teacher -- she talks about a technique and then slowly demonstrates it with students gathered around her. She also uses glue or fusible webbing to attach pieces to the ground or to each other.
After almost a month of worry that it might have lost, the envelope containing another Di Van Niekerk book and several preprinted designs finally arrived from South Africa.
A friend introduced us and I fell in love -- with Soft Dolls and Animals magazine I've borrowed an issue and am currently 'perfecting' my beaded embellishment techniques as I make my own goddess dolls out of scraps of materials and cheap stuff that have languished in containers for awhile.
Speaking of beaded embellising, is anyone familiar with Embeadery by Margaret Ball? It looks like it has step by step instructions.