To celebrate successfully defending my thesis last November, I treated myself (well, and my grandma sponsored me) by kitting up my first Chatelaine, something I've wanted to do for years! I had decided on a pattern a long time ago - Japanese Moss Garden. So I bought the pattern, I made good use of a Black Friday sale at Casa Cenia to order most of the specialty floss at 25% off, and I commissioned a a big enough piece of hand dyed fabric from xJu Design. It took a while for everything to get here, and then I was intimidated for a bit, but in mid February I finally bit the bullet and started stitching!
I'm working on this very slowly, but really enjoying it - trying to get in a couple stitches every weekend. Ten hours in, I finished the inner-most medaillon (except for beads, which will cover all the blank spaces) and outlined the next layer. I hope to finish part 1 this year, but if I don't, I don't - no set schedule on this one!
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