Fair Winners

Ok, a little late ... Here are my winning entries in this year's Coastal Carolina Fair:

top left: Three Magi

bottom right: Tree of Stitches

The Magi .... completed

Caspar

Melchior

Balthazar

I really had been dragging my feet lately about finishing this piece ... not exactly sure why. Well, here they are, in all their glory (but without frame, yet). I ended up putting the gold kid glove leather piece on the crown of #1 but stitched a different lid for the box.

First Magi

The crown is still not attached. That has been kicking my behind ... he might just get a different crown all together, just as the ewer is done in a different stitch as designed.

The coat will get more embellishments and trim, I am guessing that will be done before we move on to King #2.

Magi 1, part 1

This is too much fun and actually works up pretty fast:

I already "got in trouble" with the teacher as we were not supposed to work ahead - something about little bits from the silks transferring to the light brick work ... so far I have not had any problems with that (knock on wood). For me it was just a matter of timing as I want this piece done by Christmas and other stitchings are in line to be worked on.

The Magi

The Shining Needle Society (Yahoo group) offered this Dorothy Lesher piece and after seeing it in person I was hooked.

I've got the brick work done, now it's on to stitching Caspar, Melchior & Balthasar ... not sure which order they are standing in .... Wise Man on the left :-)