A New Crewel Piece

So after I finished my RSN Crewel piece, I wanted to practice crewel some more.  I also thought that if I put a new piece on my frame it would mean that I would not be able to redo anymore of my RSN piece (I'm only halfway serious!).  Basically, I wanted to do a new piece that I could have a bit of fun experimenting with while practicing.

I designed a Lily of the Valley layout and picked my colors.  I wanted to stick to greens and whites.  I thought that since most Jacobean crewel flowers are done in more fanciful colors it could be interesting to do this piece in more realistic colors but maintaining the fanciful patterns and flourish-style of Jacobean crewel.  Here's where I'm at after a few days of stitching:

RSN Crewel: I Really Think I'm Finished!

I really think I'm finished this time.  I have redone the outline of the large portion of the bottom of the left leaf.  I have redone a few rows of the running stitch in the top middle portion of the left leaf.  And, I have taken out the running stitch of the small last portion of the left leaf and replaced it with a lattice pattern and redone the outline stitch of that portion. 

I still think the running stitch may be too big, but I'm nervous to take it out again as there are a couple places from taking it out last time that have not seemed to recover.  It is so interesting to me as I followed the same length as when it was straight lines, but the stitches just seem so much bigger on the curved lines.  

All in all, I think I am happy with it.  I think I'm happy to move on- is this bad to say?  I have learned a lot from this piece and I'd like to try another piece of crewel.

Leslie's Wedding Belt: Packed up and Shipped Out . . .

now I just hope she loves it!  

I'm not going to post photos of the entire completed belt until after her wedding at the end of the month, but here's a bit of it!