I've made good progress on the background the past few weeks. I'm about 65% done with it. The gold areas that appear darker in the photo are what has not been stitched yet. I should be able to finish the lower left in the next couple of nights and start on the lower right section.
I do still have to figure out what to do with the circles. I have some buttons that Karen at Zecca sent me which will take care of a few of the smaller circles. Given this is a bag the stitches I chose have to stand up to the wear 'n tear of being a bag that gets used. So a few things I've tried either didn't look right or would be too fragile. Hopefully I can figure it out soon...
