Boring Tree

Lots of green and nothing else on this tree, so it's just stitch after stitch of sameness.  On the other hand, it'll be done soon!

On To Seventeen

I am now officially on the seventeenth motif.  Only seven more to go after this!

Not Quite Fifteen

I still have back stitches to do on the fifteenth motif.  This particular motif puts me in a quandary, too.  Instead of a maximum of forty stitches square, this one was designed as fifty.  I now have to compensate with a skinny design to the right of it and a short one below it.  

Fourteen of Twenty-Four

I seem to be getting about a motif a week done on this.  The last one was a really easy one - all backstitch and Rhodes stitches and upright crosses.  On to the next...

13 of 24

One more motif done.  My language teacher says this one looks very Moldovan, as the main colors are the colors of the Moldovan flag.

Over the Hafway Mark

Done with the twelfth and on to the thirteenth.

Last Cracker

Finally, my last Christmas cracker was delivered on the one day we got mail two weeks ago.  It wasn't the sender's fault that it took so long, but Turkish Air's.  Isn't it beautifully stuffed with stuff?  I can't wait to use it!

Nearly Twelve

It looks so nicely squared up in this picture.  Halfway done, too!

Ten Done

Ten motifs done, and started on the eleventh.  I like some of them better than others.  It's easy to feel progress with this project, though.

Working on an Angel

The backstitching on the wings for this ninth motif was tedious to do.  It's done now, though, and I'm almost done with this motif overall.

All Parts Received!

I am a third of the way done now, and have all the motifs in my hands to finish the rest.  Thank you, designers and the Susannes for making this possible!

Merry MallDOVA

 Despite being the poorest country in Europe, Moldova still does a lot of Christmas decorating.  These eight pictures were taken inside the main mall in Chisinau.  There are a bunch of individual booths selling everything from handmade walnut Christmas trees covered in gold spray paint to little crocheted earrings.

Working Toward the Goal

The deadline to do one of each week's motifs is the end of the year.  So far, I've got three of seven weeks, plus working on the fourth.  I -think- I can get it done.  Thee rest of the motifs can get stitched through the year otherwise.  Right now, the goal is just to get one from each week done to get the following week's motifs.

One Row Complete

Bright and colorful noel is done; now on to bells.

There's a Word There

A word here, a word there, and pretty soon you have a conversation.  I don't think there's going to be a whole conversation on this ornmanent, but it needs to be done by the end of the month.  So it's going to be bumped up to getting worked on daily.

Christmas Tree

These are the pictures my husband took earlier this week of our Christmas tree. Almost all the ornaments on it are handmade - there are a few we keep that aren't for sentimental reasons. It's getting full of needlwork stuff and I think it looked good this year.