I've been stitching along and making progress. The leaves finished up nicely and although the red isn't as full as I'd like on the stitching, the shiny silk lends some forgiveness. I used a fat pearl cotton to padd the border stitches and started in on the white.
And I finished out the border! The pearl cotton didn't provide as much loft for the border as I had hoped. I think that next time I will need a fatter stitch to give a bit more dimensionality. Just back stitching seemed so fat next to the leaves so I was afraid that a stem or chain stitch would add too much bulk, but I could have added more. I like the coverage on the border though and the contrasting stitch directions is a nice design element.
Here is the start of the shiny gold! It's finally coming together and starting to look pretty spiffy. I took an angled photo so show some of the depth that the silk shine adds to the piece. I've got a Kreinik Japan #7 here for the leaf outline and it has a very complementary shine. I fiddled with a number of gold options, but the Japan was really what I needed for all those curves and tiny points. I probably could have gone a teensy bit smaller and used a Japan #5 just because the design is so detailed, but I didn't have any #5 on hand and I am trying to pull supplies from my hoard. Although the #5 would have been a bit more delicate, the #7 works just fine and really isn't too bulky for the outline.
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