If I said I was one hundred percent happy with my completed piece, I would be stretching the truth. Honestly, I wish I had one more day to redo some of the cutwork brick areas. I was so focused on not cracking the bullion purl, I wasn't watching my spacing. Some of my bricks look so crowded but I truly don't know how they will be graded. I had to let them go as they were, as time ran out quicker than expected.
If you noticed, there is a big gap in the work progress as depicted in my photos. Those were the critical moments when I was working on my own well into the night and told myself I would photograph my work first thing in the morning. Well, that didn't happen, so here's what I have managed to record.
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| Last minute details take shape. Lips stitched in stria-shaded padded satin stitching, jacket studded with French knotted paillettes, and work begins on brick wall. |
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| Cutwork along bricks is almost completed. The tiny shoe is formed of pueter colored kid leather complete with tiny buckle and strap. Along the brick ledge is S-ing technique of rough purl and bright check alternately. |
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| The completed work with added shading to legs and wall. |
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| Closeup of bricking and details of sock. Note the lapel is stitched with plate, one of the advanced stitch requirements. |
