Rio Rincon WIP

I continue to experiment with adding pictures. I was hoping I could just leave a link on the side of the blog where the pictures would be opened, but I haven't figured that out just yet.

Rio Rincon is a canvas designed by southwest artist Terry Medaris. There is a very large line of similarly painted canvases available and I have 3 more that when completed will be framed alike. I am nearly finished with this first piece and with Terry's stitch guide it has been a fast and fun project. I plan on using some of the same stitches for the other pieces in the collection. I particularly like the "Pattern Stitch" used in the sun with overdye. Other stitches include Padded Cross Stitch, Reverse Mosaic, Victorian Step and others. Threads used are metallic braid, ribbon floss, floss, overdye, Watercolours, Neon Rays, Fiesta, wool and rayon floss. Not much left to stitch, then I will tackle the beads. I don't really enjoy beading, the needles are so thin and sharp I end up wounding myself with nearly every bead!