I should know better than to make big plans for a tunic tutorial. I have a problem, I have been called by my muse, and when my muse calls I needs must answer, because if I don't listen,
she can be a real bitch.
You see a few months back I found a Russian pearl embroidery tutorial, and my muse poked me. Really hard. I set about teaching myself, and I was having fun and completed a set of cuffs. Never mind that I had no idea what I would use them for,
she was
having fun, and that was all that mattered. I then found out I would be stepping up as the new Baroness of Adiantum. I had a month to plan, and sew the step up clothing for my husband and I. Other projects were set aside.
Muse was not happy.
She understood, but
she was not happy. I had enough steam to get two sets of clothing complete, and then
she took off for a while. I found no joy in new fabric, my stash held no flashes of inspiration. I turned to another craft to fulfill the need to make. Knitting muse would talk to me, she thought I had some fun ideas, and we worked well together, until
she came back.
I had been trying to work on my 12th Night garb, but with no muse I wasn't getting very far. I have this lovely brocade that I have been saving for a decade, and I was thinking about doing an Elizabethan loose gown, and coat. But no,
she said she had other ideas. So I pulled out a piece of black linen and my stencils, and plotted out a keyhole neck.
She was talking to me again, and I needed to start working.
You can see how far I got as of last night. On the left is the marked out design, in the center is the design outlined in a running stitch, and on the right is the beginning of the bead work.
The Keyhole is progressing quite nicely. As you can see in this photo the top roundel on the left is slightly misshapen I am going to have to go back and redraw the roundel so that it matches the one on the right. 
Here is a closer look. You can see the picture quality is not so great, but it gets the message across.
