Antique Mirror Chrysanthemums

Started on the superposition chrysanthemums. They were reasonably ok - all things considered; the edges were not as evenly scalloped as they should be. At least the stitches were not sinking into the foundation. There are a lot more chrysanthemums that I should be able to improve on. It was quite difficult to stitch through all the layers in addition to the thick fabric.

A few "personal devices" I employed: 

1. I used DMC cotton instead of self-padding silk;

2. I used pliers to pull the needle through on the thick parts;

3. I used my circle template to generate the circles.

Antique Mirrors

Back to Faded Treasures. It's tissue transfer and basting, on and on and on...
Basting is done.

I decided to not baste every line, as evident in the two hanabishis. I'll see what happens when I start stitching them.

Tissue removed. I had to vacuum the floor afterwards to get rid of all the tissue scraps that I threw down as I was removing them.