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Beautiful work, Carla.

Carla, they look great together. Well done.

Phew what a relief they are buttonhole stitch Mabel - I had a moment when I thought dreaded bullion stitch again.

FABULOUS DESIGN FOR JULY. Now to work out the colours - if I can find the ones I want - and All Threads have a sale this week!!!!!!

Thanks for another challenge Mabel.

Don't worry Sally, apart from the odd bar I try not to inflict repeats on you

What a stroke of luck that there's a Sale on, not you'll just have to get some special threads

Squirrel wrote:Phew what a relief they are buttonhole stitch Mabel - I had a moment when I thought dreaded bullion stitch again.

I thought that too

Beautiful July, thanks Mabel

First thing I did this morning was to check for July's design (after feeding kitties and then getting my first cup of coffee). It is beautiful. I might even break down and get some beads and try them. If not, it will be a good time to practice one of the other "fill" stitches that I need to perfect. Thank you again Mabel for creating such a beautiful design for us to stitch.

Carole

beautiful pieces, Carla!

Ooh, I love July with how the beads are used. I'm looking forward to having a go at the Horseshoe stitch too

I'm with Carole, the bead use is genius!! Looking forward to doing it soon!!!

Niki xx

Beautiful stitching Carla

I have downloaded July too,not read my instructions yet, but I love the use of the beads.Another very attractive design Mabel

Wow, everyone's pieces look fantastic! You've all done a great job

I am a complete beginner, and just joined. Here is my January and February. They are not as neat and tidy, but hopefully I will get better as the months go on. And I will be stitching each month again sometime so that will be good practice on getting my stitches neater.

So here is January



And here is February

Great start ainjel! Lovely regular satin stitch and for having a go at the coloured dove's eyes. Let me know if you're happy for me to mention some tips -- but likewise feel free to tell me that you would rather I didn't

thank you Mable, and of course I can use all the tips I can't get.

Ainjel they are both lovely - better than my first attempts.

You asked for it, ainjel !

Just two things I noticed about February, actually -- I think January is a great first attempt, and there's really only that one rebel lazy daisy .

In February, the thread attaching the beads is a bit more visible because I think (as far as I can tell from the picture) you went over three diagonals rather than two. Minor point as the thread is white-on-white anyway.

The dove's eyes: You've chosen the method whereby you pick up the central thread of the woven bar, which is a great method if you prefer not to have the "cross-hair look", but make sure that you pass the needle behind that thread towards you, and then loop over the thread as you carry on clockwise -- that way you get the four distinctive dove's eye loops.

When I say "towards you" (isn't it difficult to put stitching into words!?!) I mean this. Imagine you are working your dove's eye clockwise, as per the instructions. You have just finished the loop on the North side, and are travelling East. When you take your needle behind the central stitch of the East woven bar, make sure you do so South to North, cross over the working thread and travel on to the South bar.

Hope that makes sense

Mabel you have pointed out all the ones I thought I was not doing so well, so at least I'm "thinking" along the right lines. lol

Those daisy stitches I thought would be simple since I've embroidered them a million times but the counted ones proved me wrong. I frogged them 3 times before I got the current outcome...I definitely need practice on those.

The beads I did go over too many threads, but didn't see it until I had them all finished and compared to the picture of yours. I may go back and redo them because I do see what you mean.

And the doves eyes, I thought they didn't look quite right, but wasn't sure what I did wrong...I understand now.

Thank you for your tips, they are greatly appreciated! I always welcome them, it helps alot. I am just learning and certainly want to do it correctly.

Ainjel those are both beautiful!!!!!!

Beautiful work ainjel!!

Thank you all for your compliments

Lovely July, Mabel.

I've downloaded but not yet printed.

June is finished.....needs an application of the iron and camera.