Naked Crazy Quilt Block

I'm in the beginning of a few crazy quilt round robins - the first one is a sampler round robin where people do seam treatments with different stitches picked per month. Since that requires a lot of long seams, I made this block for it. I think it came out pretty well. Now to pop it in the mail on Monday and see what the others do with it over the next several months.

What I'm Doing with my Anchor Floss

A few months back, I won a prize from New Stitches in their monthly giveaways. It was a bag full of all the new variegated Anchor flosses and perles. I didn't know what to do with them at the time, but I needed to do ornaments, so... I visited My Aunt's Attic and printed off this chart to make an ornament out of. I decided on the bright summery color variegated because it's summer. I think it's turning out pretty neat.

Special Stitches Started

I started the specialty stitches this week. Lots and lots of algerian eyelets. They look good when done, but one thread in fifteen holes for each stitch, so it takes a while. When I finish them, though, part four will be done. Part five's a scroll on each side, mainly in gold metallic, and pretty quick.

Getting Close

Another blue done and some more of the lighter gold. It's so close to being done that I hope to have part five done by the end of the month.

Browns and Reds

I'm going to be using a LOT of browns and some reds and whites going forward for quite a while. This week, I got some of the light red done and some of the darker browns on the dress done. It's progress.

What Else I Did in Kosovo

I made a shawl! Since I was supposed to be learning how to watch TV (evidently I don't pay enough attention), I made a very easy double crochet shawl out of a really soft yarn. Just a couple of days ago, I added the fringe. It's another finish for July, which makes two. I'm happy after June's total lack of completions. Now I have to wait until October or so to use it.

Flower's Core

This week I worked on band seven's flower core. It had algerian eye stitches and satin stitches and brick stitches. Because of all these, it's taken more time than just regular cross stitches. I've started the outer part of the flower now too. This is the last huge band in the piece, so hopefully it'll be done soon.