Stitching Sundays - 3

 Week three of Stitching Sundays and not a huge amount of progress this week, due to doing lots of other things instead - oops!  However, I have managed to add a few more leaves to the bare branches.

I'm not quite sure about the falling leaves - I do want some falling ones and some already on the ground and turning brown, but I am uncertain whether these particular ones look quite right. 

I also need to decide whether to add more to the tree trunk and am thinking that it might look nice with some bark patterns.  I have also decided what to do with it when it is finished.  I have a 'seasonal tree' decoration which Chris made and it looked lovely at Easter because I made lots of flowers to hang from it.  However, since then it hasn't had a lot of decorations on it and has looked a bit sad.  I am thinking of making this into an autumn decoration and hanging it on the central part of the tree (I think it will be too big to be on the branch).  However, if it doesn't look right, I am sure I can find another home for it - hanging on a door handle, perhaps?  We shall see.  I'll try to make more progress for next week.

Stitching Sundays 2

Well, here I am again, sharing the progress I have made with my autumnal tree.

 As you can see, I have stitched the outline (using a mixture of my version of stem stitch and a few backstitches thrown in for good measure.)

 Here's a closer view (you can tell that it has taken on a character of its own now).

 This afternoon, I sewed on a few leaves, using backstitch again.  I'm not quite sure it is how I imagined...it certainly doesn't look much like the original, but then I have made it my own!  I'll keep going with the leaves and then need to decide what to do with the trunk/branches.  I am really enjoying the freedom of being able to 'make it up as I go'.

Here's a reminder of the original design (I was just doing the autumn part).