Been a little quiet lately....

So i've been a little quiet on things lately. I've got a slew of projects I am working on for people going to Pennsic (the largest SCA event in the US), and other stuff for some of the leather and fetish groups in the area. I have been sneaking in time here and there to continue working on the hat project.

I got the hubby to snap a better picture with his phone than my little craptastic phone does.
Here is where I am at on it. The foundation layer is all couched down with wool yarn which should give a nice stable bed for the pearls to rest on. It looks really nice as it is, but you know I can't rest at just nice.. it has to be f*ckin fabulous b*tches! LOL

Enjoy and i'll post more as I make progress....

In progress... only blog followers are going to see this.

Here is where I am at on this project. I am not going to broadcast this blog for this project so if you read are reading this you get a preview :-) Forgive the quality of the pictures, i'm using my new craptasticly cheap phone and it takes horrible resolution pictures. My smartphone died and I just can't afford a replacement at the moment. You can still get the general idea of where it's at and just think.. after seeing this it will look a zillion times better in person. :-)

And no, I don't plan to wear it because I am not a Pelican in the SCA. It will be a gift for someone I know when they receive their Pelican...

The design on paper.

The design on fabric with a running stitch. Yes I cheated and digitized for my embroidery machine. It's the only shortcut I'm taking on this project since my hands are both always numb.

The start of the gold outline.

Here is the pelican with some of the gold outline couched down. I'm adding this as an additional decorative element. It's typical in Russian pearl embroidery to do this outline in gold but it does not seem to be done on the original hat. I'm Grishka-tizing it for additional fabulousness!