Poppy Progress

I am lucky in that my office closes for the entire Christmas/New Year period giving me a whole 12 days off. As for everyone, this is a busy time of year for me but I usually have 2 or 3 days with nothing in particular planned when I imagine I will get some stitching done. And usually it turns out to be a figment of my imagination. This year proved to be no exception and I barely picked up a needle during the entire break. In fact, since I finished Loving Couple I’ve done very little stitching but I have managed to squeeze in a little time with Poppy Pouch now and then. This design lends itself quite nicely to short sessions; areas such as a leaf can be completed in about an hour.

© JEC/Carol-Anne Conway

© JEC/Carol-Anne Conway

While I worked on Loving Couple, I had stowed Poppy Pouch in my frame carrier. When I took it back out the largest crystal was missing!

Fortunately, I found it in the bottom of the carrier. Instead of simply replacing the crystal, I decided to reverse stitch the centre of the flowers and redo them incorporating some of the bicone beads supplied with the design. At first I had substituted the bicones for small margarita beads; I was concerned that the bicones would not cover the printed guidelines. With all the crystals removed I could see that the lines were covered by the beads of the petals.

© JEC/Carol-Anne Conway

The margaritas and the bicones are both fabulous so I have no preference between the version 1 and version 2 so I may as well stick with the bicones as they are currently in place.

© JEC/Carol-Anne Conway

© JEC/Carol-Anne Conway

Picking up from where I had left off in August, it didn’t take many sessions to complete the flowers and their leaves.

Happy Stitching.