Replacement Box

After the Christmas box mailing disaster from StitchyBox, she offered me a choice of replacements. I told her to pick the easiest one, and she sent me  the summer box. I received it in good condition, yay! Thank you post office! And thank you StitchyBox for putting things right.

 

April Sewscription

This time a mini vacuum and a bunch more orange. I do not understand this company's obsession with orange fabrics.

 

All Done with Cottage Garden

This was my first ever finish on a preprinted panel. I might do it a few more times. This one came out pretty well.

 

A Bit of Tree

Since I have the beginning edge of the second house done, it's time to add some sky and tree. Going to be a bit to get to the house again.

 

Time for Stripes

Lots of little stitches here, so going to be striping for a a bit. But at least two stripes of six done for now.

 

The Flaki Place

Flaki is one of Poland's national soups. I have never been able to eat it because - it's tripe soup. So I skipped the food at this stop on our Praha food tour. Some people adore flaki. You might too.

 

Non-Working Lock and Dinner at the Hotel

Yup, the lock didn't work at the hotel in Brussels. Andreas noticed, since he's the one who notices. We had driven in from Courselles, so we ate at the hotel restaurant instead of finding a place. It was fine but uninspired.

 

Need More Fences

I've got all the cross stitches done, yay! Now to add more black fences and more back and specialty stitches. Then the last step - beads!

 

Tabled and Mostly Mirrored

Feeling close. The table's done and the mirror's done but for the bottom of the frame. This is on its way to completion city.

 

Little Flower Started

A new little flower is taking shape on the right now. The butterfly is the single biggest element of this piece, so I'm feeling like there's less to do now.

 

Kickstarter Stationery Set

Andreas backed this for me quite a while back on Kickstarter. It finally came! More stationery to use, all in a tin box.

 

Stitched Modern Stash

I bought a few things from Stitched Modern. No regrets.

 

Praha Street Art

Little shrines in carriage entrances for houses and other buildings dot old Praha, the other side of Warsaw.

 

Landing in a Jeep

A mock up of landing in a Jeep below. The general who did this, for some reason, died. Surprisingly his aide de camp and driver survived...

 

Filling In Diagonals

Little boxes to fill. I officially hate Very Velvet. It breaks when you look at it. Nothing lasted more than four inches, not even getting it off the card.

 

One Petal at a Time

One petal at a time and this will be done.

 

Back to Sashiko

Decided to pick up the sashiko bag project and finish it. Back and forth. Back and forth.

 

All Framed Up

All the borders done so I can do the fun part now.

 

Royal School Project

I started the Royal School of Needlework's Certificate and Diploma course in January. We didn't even get stitching until March. This, I designed. I need to get better at design. But it's started. It looks a bit dark in the photo.

 

Panda Face

Yay, totally completed face and now on to chest and back.

 

Fry Up in a Cup

Evidently this is the kind of thing Polish workers ate during lunch in Communist times and before. It was a stop on our Praha food tour. The white is potatoes. There was bacon and some other stuff in it too.

 

Minis and a Tote

Little minis and a tote. The brown mini is good; I have three in the blue. And a bunch of littles.

 

Resin Pendant

The employee association had someone come in to teach us how to do resin pendants. It was about $75 each person. While I learned how to do it, the teacher didn't even bring chains or earring findings for the pendants. Not professional.

 

Vehicles at Airborne Museum

They took vehicles with them, the airborne did. Sometimes they even went down -in- the vehicles.