Unfinished Business...

Occasionally, we still see finishes of our "Language of Flowers" series (from 2017) pop-up on the web-- 

Just take a look at this eye candy from Laura G in Florida!

Laura made the all-in-the-hoop version, and her neutral background really shows off the whites in a way our white version doesn't. We LOVE the way the lilies and white roses look, don't you?

I just hate to admit that my own piece is still unfinished...
the tendency is always to keep creating new things!

 Here is "Beacoup de Bouquets" (it even has a name) from a photo dated June 2018...

and yes, it still pretty much looks like this.

Here's a personality trait that some of you will recognize--

all I had to do was bind this-- but somehow, as I always do, I kept raising the bar as I went along, wanting MORE...

Yes, some fabulous border treatment--

a lattice--

a fully machine embroidered edging treatment!

Once imagined, there is no going back to a simple binding.

Face it, the easy road is just not one I ever take. If I'm not feeling anxiety while designing, I'm not doing it right!

So here it is... on the bucket list of my life, I would sure like to finish this and not leave it as a heap of scraps for posterity.

2020 is going to be the year of "Beaucoup de Bouquets"!

To that end, I am trying to block out entire days I can spend to finish this beautiful piece...  I have broken it down into

 four easy (ha!) steps to completing it.

First up, the sashings on the main piece are saggy and all need quilting. This I actually have a start on.

Second-- we need a fabulous border embroidery.  

This is already digitized, (I've done SOMETHING over the last year and a half) but still needs testing.

The piece will end up at about 55," so these are the L-O-N-G-E-S-T embroideries I've ever done-- three 11" hoopings each.

And I need four of them...

They feature a weed I used to try to get rid of in my garden-- 

until I realized how pretty it is. I call it
"Sweet Pea Vine"-- but it isn't. It's vetch or something. lol

Also featuring another of my favorite wild beauties-- 

the beach rose.

The third piece is the lattice-- I practiced this last year on my Cherry Zen piece. I am just itching to do it again on this one... in white, of course!

Last, the fantastically embroidered edging treatment is digitized and tested...

I just need 28 of them! LOL.

Put it all together, and what do you get?

This...

Or if you have Photoshop skills, this...

So that's the plan-- 

I confess I am having deja vu as I write this, so it's not the first time I've committed to finishing...

Let's see what happens!

I certainly hope, as Laura inspired me, you will pull out some long loved project and make some progess today. Together--

WE GOT THIS!

xox 

Carol