And finally....Sleeping Beauty

She is, at last, complete.
The particulars: The design is Sleeping Beauty by Mirabilia; the fabric is "Fathom" by Picture This Plus, 32 count lugana done over 2. Started May 2009; completed September 17, 2010.

Whew!

Nearly there!

The end is finally in sight for Sleeping Beauty...yay!

I think I should be able to finish up all of the stitching in about two weeks, and then get the beading done (of which there is a lot, although it's fairly straight forward).

It's always exciting when a finish is near...whew!  

Finishing up Sleeping Beauty

It's time to drop out of rotating projects and get a finish in!

I broke out Sleeping Beauty again last weekend, and I'll be working on her until she's finished.   This week, I managed to get her skirt done, which was quite a challenge.

A lot of shading and working in a swirl pattern which will be beaded once all the stitching is done.  It was a bit tedious because there's so much room for error there - ack!  Anyway, it's done now, and as you can see, I'm adding still more roses.   There's still quite a bit of work to do on her, but she's coming along nicely.

Sleeping Beauty

I've been working on Sleeping Beauty for the last two and a half weeks - making a lot of great progress, as you can see!    There always seems to be a point in a project where you turn a corner after feeling like you're not even close and then suddenly, you're nearly done.   I've really been enjoying working on her so her originaly scheduled one week of attention has been stretched out.

I don't think I'll stick with her past the end of this week, but next time around in rotation will definately be time to finish her up.   She already has a replacement project kitted and ready to go (as always LOL)

Royal Holiday will be up next in 2 weeks.

Sleeping Beauty

I've been working on Sleeping Beauty's skirt, which has NOT been the easiest area to work on.  There's a lot of space left for the beaded swirls (I bead last) and there's a subtle green/white shading in the area.   I resorted to working on a 10x10 square of pattern at a time, and that moved things along fairly quickly.  

Sleeping Beauty

Finally, a little progress on Sleeping Beauty. No idea when I will actually get to finish her, as I'm going to be starting Royal Holiday soon, have about 5 other large projects in the works AND I'm teaching myself how to knit.

Sleeping Beauty has hair!

I really need to work on my photography editing - this looks very washed out compared to the actual piece. But I suppose that's one of the charms of needlework - a photograph of the same subject just doesn't work for us :-)

Progress on Sleeping Beauty

Working my way down the left side of the pattern :-) I realized that the color of the fabric matches DMC 926 perfectly.

Sleeping Beauty Sneak Peek

Sleeping Beauty (or at least the bower above her head) is back in rotation. The fabric is 32 count lugana from PtP in Fathom.