Getting there... one stitch at a time

'Class' for want of a better word, is done now & here is an example of one of the other ladies work:

I particularly love the way she used a gold thread in the braid around the back & the braid on the drawer front to hide a gap.
Given that we want to have a few of these finished for our next guild general meeting - next Tuesday, I took today to concentrate on getting mine together:

so now I need to learn how to make a decent tassel - I have instructions somewhere involving some card... I'll get to it!
While the weather has been lovely & I have had some time, during daylight hours I have made a little progress on the sampler:

this work will probably be resigned to the weekend now with the lack of light in the evenings.