UFO back in storage

MIL came back early from Florida, so Innocent Guardian had to be put away, which kinda sucked, because I was making progress and really getting back into it.  I finished the backstitching on the upper portion of the main stitched area, and was moving on to the French knots in her hair garland and the grape bunches.

 

 

Next I will start the backstitching of the grape leaves and work towards the bottom half, then work all the backstitching and French knots on the skirt and hem garland.  Last thing to do will be the "halo" that is around her.  The pattern uses one strand of gold floss and two strands of gold blending filament to make French knots to in a large oval shape around her upper half to form the "halo".  I tried, but the blending filament is just too slick, my French knot kept slipping to the back.  After several attempts, I removed it.  I've decided that I am going to use glass gold colored beads instead of French knots for the halo dots.  I think that will look awesome.  And that will be the last thing to do before she is finished.  I will be so happy to get her done and framed.

 

Now that I've started working on her again, I'm anxious to get back to it.  I may have to set it up in a corner of my craft room that the MIL never ventures into.  The problem is that corner is quite dark, so setting up good lighting will be necessary.