June TUSAL

I'm terribly late for TUSAL this month. I made up for last month's missed stitching, my jar is very full with scraps from stretching my goldwork pieces for framing. Speaking of framing, I dropped all three pieces at my frame shop on Saturday. I was able to stretch two out of three myself.

Unfortunately, I had some trouble with Japanese Landscape. I tried several times but could never get it straight and centered. There is also a little bit of puckering on the inside. I didn't want to take any chances, so I'm leaving it in the hands of someone who has more experience than me. I know they won't lace it and will use glue but at least it will be done properly. Because in the end it's the final result that counts. On the plus side, they're not charging me for the stretching!

I know there hasn't been much stitching on the blog lately. I am working on something. Every year, the EAC board picks a theme for a challenge and the works are exhibited at Seminar. This year the theme is Celebrating Canada, as we celebrated Canada's 150th anniversary. I won't be sharing pictures until seminar but in the meantime I can tell you it's goldwork in green and gold. I'm almost done, it just needs a few things here and there, and then I can finish it for display.