A Little Cross Stitch

I was working on Stillwell Bookmark #2, with spiders, and the spiders were not behaving so the lace is in a time-out for now.  I am going to Pennsylvania the week of July 17 anyway, to visit an old friend, get her started with bobbin lace, and visit the IOLI Convention.  I'm sure that will prove enough enticement to get back to the bobbin lace.

In the meantime I picked up a cross stitch piece again.  This is Migrant Mother.  The chart is from Artecy Cross Stitch, based on a Depression-era photo by Dorothea Lange.

The first two photos are from the last time I worked on this in early May.  I had done all of the black and one or two other colors all the way across the top row first, then decided to finish each page individually.  I was worried about getting lost otherwise.

Page one was done, and page two was about half done.

Working on the mother's face.  The gray at the top indicates the edges of page 2.

After I picked it up again for this round.  Finished the mom's face, working on filling in the rest of page 2.

Page 2 done!  Embarking on finishing page 3.

Down to two colors on page 3.  One is the block at the top that needed to be filled in; the rest is the scattered stitches in the hair, which will be all one color.  I no longer need the charts at this point; all I have to do is fill in with the correct color of DMC.

Down to one color!  Just need to fill in the rest of the boy's hair.  After that I think I will be going back to the other cross stitch I have in progress.

This is the other piece I have in progress.  According to the date on the photo, I last worked on this around Dec 30 of last year.  The chart is "Master", from Tilton Crafts Cross Stitch.  It is based on a piece of artwork by Tsuneo Sanda, but I believe the chart is retired.