Padding

I covered the felt with silk, as some of the centre of each arm will be visible, then put more felt on top of this around the edge of each arm.  Still two arms to stitch on, but I stitched on the first gold!

Felt stitched on

Cutting out felt turned out to be trickier than it sounds. Think it might be a bit uneven but got there in the end.

Framing up

Well, there's not much to show on the goldwork front so far.  I've got the silk stitched on and everything tightened up on the frame. Only I forgot to pin tissue paper on.  I've decided that's a job for another day!

Mounted

Now it's all done and almost ready to hand in for assessment. I just need to fill in the assessment form. Then I can concentrate on goldwork!

Stitching done!

Tracy got me back on the right track today and now it's all done with just the mounting to do! I didn't think it would be finished today, so just some curved needle torture to look forward to and then it's on to the goldwork.

Slow, slow progress.

I'm getting nowhere fast!  I think I've pulled out more than I've stitched because I just can't get the swirly curve right.  Still, I've finished the day with more canvas covered than when I started so that's a positive.

Unpicking...

It took a few attempts, and a lot of unpicking, before I was happy with the curve at the bottom of the swirl.  There doesn't seem to be much canvas covered for the number of hours I worked!!!