Crystal Symphony Framed!

It's always nice to get one of the Mira's framed (I currently have a pile of unframed work - don't we all??). If you recall, Crystal was a gift to my mom. She's going to be hanging in a room where there's a lot of roses, so that'll pick up the roses in her dress really nicely (it's my mom's sitting room, which is filled with needlework and lacework from all the ladies in the family) With all of the beadwork on her, my mom wanted to keep the frame on the simple side, so we went with grey mats and a pewter frame. She's topped with a UV-protetive glass. As always, the picture doesn't really do her justice.

Crystal Symphony

Finished! There are SO many beads on this piece -literally, not a square inch without beading of some sort. As you can see, I opted to leave off the chandelier and the frame - I thought they were a bit overkill given how ornate her dress and jewelry are.

Crystal Symphony

I'm back working on Crystal Symphony, which I have not really worked on since last August or September. She's my oldest WIP (I started her last May) and also the WIP that is closest to being finished.

I've spent the last couple days filling in all of the white on the dress, which took two whole skeins of white floss to finish up. So while I've made a lot of progress, she doesn't necessarily *look* it since the last picture LOL. I had to frog a chunk of her shoulder, which is done over-1. Ugh. The only thing harder than stitching 32 over 1 is frogging 32 over 1. I also got most of the backstitching on the dress done.

I'm not thrilled with the chandelier on the original picture, so I think I'm going to just omit it, and possibly all of the frame as well. If I do keep the frame, I can just lower it to compensate for the lack of chandelier. I have to decide that today or tomorrow, since all I have to do is the gloves, the Kreinik on the throw, and a small part of the shoulder before I start on the beading (of which there is a TON - 12 packages of Mill Hills!).