It is finished as in completely finished

My sad little wedding sampler is no longer sad. 
It is in its frame and ready to go to its intended recipients. 

Also, I have completed and returned the model I was stitching for Just Cross Stitch.  The thread arrived and I finished the stitching that evening.  I popped it in the post and it was promptly delivered yesterday. 

There is not a lot of progress on the new wedding sampler but in my mind, every little bit is an advancement toward completion.  Now I will be able to concentrate on it and my current UFO. 

Stitching and Waiting

 No work on the UFO for this week. 
Last week I misspoke.  There were actually four different fibers stitched in the wedding sampler. 
Now this week I have finished the verse and added Algerian eyelets in the partial border.  . 
I think I need to pick out some of the previous stitching because I allowed one of the fibers to become too worn and it looks a little unattractive. 

For most of the past week, I have been stitching but I cannot disclose what it is until after Just Cross Stitch publishes it.  For the moment, I have gone as far as I can with it until some more of one of the threads arrives.  That means a little time to work on the wedding sampler. 

Prgressing Slowly but Surely

This past week I received a new design to stitch for Just Cross Stitch.  I think that I will have to set aside my UFO project.  I am not yet certain if I have to set aside the wedding sampler too. 

As you can readily see, I have a little progress to show you.  The butterfly bodies are stitched in Waterlilies Meadow.  There are still two colors of beads to go in the wings;  I will add the beads when I have completed all of the stitching.  The band below the butterflies is worked in crossed corners stitches.  I substituted Grape Melange by The thread Gatherer. 

I have a little progress to show you on the wedding sampler.  There are now two types of silk threads and they are different shades of off white. 

A Little Progress

First let's look in on the UFO. 

The little motifs at the bottom will morph into five butterflies.  For some reason, they were very difficult for me to stitch; it was hard for me to keep track of the counting.  I was extremely relieved when I finished them. 

As I was stitching the butterfly band, I made a discovery.  I had completely forgotten that I substituted Waterlilies Meadow for the light and medium blue-greens in the garland with the roses.  I also checked and I am certain that I used DMC ecru #8 and #12 pearl cotton. 

There is a little progress on the wedding sampler.  The light has made the fabric look like it is an overdye which it is not.  The color is actually a solid from the manufacturer.  The actual color is extremely pale; it may be close to what is shown in the center.