Starting a Roof

The little lines on the left (the red ones) are the start of the gray house's roof.

 

Birch Boleted

This came out pretty cute. It's time to frame it.

 

America Americ...

Starting on the lettering.

 

Brown Bands

Working on the brown argyle bands for the top part. They're a lot of stitching, so you'll see me working on them for a while.

 

Stash from The French Knot

When I visit Fort Worth, I have to go to this place at least once. It's tradition. I bought a new kit. I've done a similar one before; this has different flowers.

 

Hot Potting Along

We had one last hot pot meal at Luxi Beef with Leonora before she left last spring. Yes, I'm way behind on photos.

 

Entrance to Utah Beach

Utah Beach has one of the larger displays for D-Day. It even has a museum. The tank traps are original. The landing boat is a replica.

 

Pretty Big Bench

Nice and simple design that would be good for crewel on a large bench at the Knoxville zoo.

 

Chilling on the Porch

Two little puppies staying vigilant, watching over the back yard.

 

Insides Stitched

All the major backstitching and special stitches are done. It's time to start the beading.

 

Make Stuff May 2025 #20: Triangle Temari from Temari Design

Recently bought a new temari book and made this design from it. I'll be making the design again soon.

 

Threads and Trims

Went to Michaels when in the States and picked up this. Kind of a sad haul, comparatively.

 

Puppies Asleep

Puppies enjoying themselves while sleeping.

 

Monument Outside POLin

This is a monument to the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising and stands right outside the POLin museum.

 

Awake Red Pandas

They are even cuter when they're awake. They have great personalities.

 

Make Stuff May 2025 #15: Tiger Lily by RTO

Another tiny kit by RTO including frame. When I get back to it, it'll be done in a flash.

 

Make Stuff May 2025 #18: Tapestry by Ink Circles

A cute little piece too stitch up quickly.

 

Beginning Second Flower

Top of the second flower is done. Now to get to the flower itself. There are a total of three big flowers on this, and I am at the halfway point of the whole piece.

 

Make Stuff May 2025 #27: St. Martin's Celtic Cross by Celtic Cross Stitch Company

This is a very straightforward stitch. I've had this kit in my stash for quite a while. Finally starting it.

 

ZenPop Haul

Pretty little things from Zenpop. I miss them. They have my subscription on hold until the tariff/customs situation settles itself out.

 

Recreation of Pre-WWII

Both POLin museum and the WWII museum in Gdansk have recreations of streets from the interwar period. They show what was lost.

 

Other Wildlife

Even little local frogs get some love at the zoo.

 

Food After the Zoo

We all shared a giant pizza after the zoo. It was so big the pepperoni in the photos were normal sized.

 

Make Stuff May 2025 #21: Spawn of RYO: Jan by Ink Circles

Another Ink Circles start. This one will be a bit bigger than ornament size, but not much.

 

Big Flower Done

Lots of progress, since I've finished the large flower.

 

Feeling Progress

I'm feeling good about this piece because every time I look at it, I see actual progress. I'm almost halfway done with it, too.

 

Another Sewscription

This one was from over the summer. Still a lot of orange. I don't know the fascination with orange. How about a color on the cool side of the spectrum?

 

Working on the Wing

I have pretty much the width of the piece made, but I need to fill in the wing before I can move on to the next set of pages.

 

The Path Out

We left the tunnels from a different place than we entered. Still well hidden and forested area, though. Project Reise was rather huge.