This is a shameful, shameful update. I worked on Belle this week, and I didn't even finish her. I maybe got in 600 stitches? Nowhere near my goal of 2000 per week. She's just so difficult to stitch! I am working with the pearl filament which keeps wanting to tangle or break or come unthreaded, so I have to go super slow to make sure I don't wreck it. There are also lots of fractional stitches and her dress is basically 100% confetti stitches. All that being said, I love the effect the shiny thread has on the dress. The picture absolutely does not do it justice. I will try to have her finished and some other stitching done for next week. I better, or I will never finish in time for the fair!
