The velvet arrived for the altar cover that we’ve been working on here in the studio. It’s … whoa. So pretty!

I like blue and gold together. I like blue and silver together, too, but I really love blue and gold. There’s something extraordinarily regal about it.

Just so you can get an idea of where we’re going with the goldwork project that I’ve been covering here on the blog, today I’ll show you the velvet and then share some thoughts that were prompted by comments and questions from recent articles on the goldwork project I’m working on.

Incidentally, before we jump into that, I apologize for missing you on Monday. Four things happened: 1. we launched these new products, including colored linen sampler packs, Cohana scissors (which sold out), and some favorite needles; 2. I had a problem with my shipping app (of all days!); 3. I had an external disk drive problem (of all days!); and 4. We got in several shipments of things over the weekend that didn’t fit anywhere and had to be sorted out so we could actually breathe and move. It was a crazy morning! Something had to give, and unfortunately, it was a blog post that was supposed to be edited and published first thing.

But enough of that! Let’s talk about goldwork!

OH my word.

It’s a funny thing about goldwork: You feel like you’re really making headway, that you’re flying along, that things are going so much faster than you anticipated – in short, you’re feelin’ pretty darned good about all that endless couching…

…and then suddenly you remember:

You have to plunge!