New cross stitch slideshows!

I stole this idea from Julie, since I saw that she has an album of progress pics on her Multiply site for each project she is working on. I made a Picasa album for each of my two big finishes in the past year, Wedding Ride and A Paris Kiss.  I love watching the slideshows to see the pictures come to life.  Hope you enjoy them too!

I finished Wedding Ride!

"Wedding Ride"

Designed by Joan A. Elliott

Imaginating

Started 10/28/2010, Finished 11/29/2010

Hurray!  This is my first finish of 2010!  I showed the bride & groom the gift when it was almost done.  Now I finished all the back-stitching.  They are both over-the-road cross-country truck drivers, so I thought this picture of them "riding" together was just perfect!  They are going back to work tomorrow, and will pick up the picture before getting back in their truck.  

Here is a picture of my friends from last year, but now they have a different truck.

Oh so close, but not quite!

It looks like I almost made it!  I put this in the frame and gave it to my friend and her new husband after the wedding, but then told her I needed just a couple more hours to finish the backstitching to outline the groom and gifts in front of the bike.  They are leaving town to go back on the road (cross-country truckers) on Monday, so I will give her the completed project then.  Whew!  That was so close, but I'm still happy.  

I spent about 3 days making these cookies for her wedding; one day for the cookies, one day for the white chocolate diamonds, and one day for decorating.  She added them to pretty gift bags with gold Hershey Kisses that had a sticker on the bottom with their names and wedding date, all wrapped up with a fancy ribbon and placed at everyone's place setting at the reception.

Groom in front of bicycle

Now I'm stitching the groom riding in the front of the bicycle built for two.  Today is Saturday, and the wedding is next Friday!  It looks like I'm going to make it!

Wedding Ride half-way done!

Well, it's almost half-way done.  I have a few more blue stitches to make a ribbon trailing from the bride's veil.  Then I will start on the groom and the front of the bicycle.  The wedding date is Friday, 11/26, so I have 9 days to go.  The race is on!

 

Bride is finished!

I spent 5 hours just doing the back-stitching on the bride tonight!  Wow, that is tedious!  My daughter said it looks like she is in a wheelchair.  LOL.

The bride has a face!

Finally, the bride has a face!  I wish I could sit and stitch for hours at a time and hurry up and get this done!  I have so many other things to do before the wedding.  My friend asked me to bake wedding-ring shaped cookies, and I still have to buy shoes and think about hair and makeup (I'm the maid of honor).

 

First week's progress

I've been stitching 30 minutes to an hour, here and there, for a week, and almost have the bride finished.  I only have 20 days left before my friend's wedding, so I better pick up the pace!

Today's progress!

I had a few hours today with nothing to type for my job, so I stitched instead!  The bride now has a head!  I plan to back-stitch her after she is all done.

Some progress on Wedding Ride

I am happy with the progress I've made on Wedding Ride!  This is part of the bride's body on the bicycle.

 

Yeah! I finally started something new!

I started stitching "Wedding Ride" for my friend's wedding gift.  She's getting married in 28 days!  I'm so excited to show my progress on this blog until I get to a FINISH!  After organizing the floss and getting everything ready, I stitched for 2 hours tonight.

Almost getting started!

I received the chart for "Wedding Ride" in the mail.  Luckily, I have most of the DMC floss colors already.  Now I need to buy a piece of white Aida 14 count so I can get started!  Hopefully I'll pick it up tomorrow.  Wish me luck!