just a quick update

Here is my SpiritDancer - my goal is to have her done by the end of May.

"Red and Yellow Maple Leaves"

I finished "Red and Yellow Maple Leaves" today.  It is a chart from Japan.  I will have it framed professionally since it was a big project which took me 6 months off and on to complete.  This is my first completed UFO challenge of 2013.

Viv's Deep Blue Sea

OK - as promised, here is my progress on Deep Blue Sea - I've nearly finished Part One, and made a start on the next two parts.  No beads or crystals yet.  I intend to sew the beads on before progressing to Part Four, but all the crystals will have to wait until the end; I'm worried that they might catch on threads/fabric and cause damage.  Hopefully clicking on the thumbnail will take to a better view :)

Meari's Japanese Garden

I've made some progress! Here's what it looked like before:

 

And now:

 

Other JG WIP photos can be seen HERE. It's pretty cool to see the steps along the journey.   To answer Chris' question... I have found stitchers who had the colors I was short on so hopefully, I will have enough to finish JG.