Ice Crystal Temari

This is the third of the four temari I made for gifts. It was probably the most complex of them, although almost all the stitching was in one thread. I like the way it came out. Of course, it counted as a project finish, too. I have only two more to go to finish my challenge!

Another Favorite Thing

Well, I've started work on another round robin block. This is my next-to-last one for the circle, though I just found out my block is still only on the second person - four months and it's only been worked on by one person. Can you tell I'm disappointed? I doubt I'll ever get it back. Aaaanyway, this is Donna's block. Her favorite thing is just extreme embellishment. The block's supposedly been through three people already and looks kind of bare to me.

This is what I've added so far - a cascade of swirls and a half wheel buttonhole seam. Today I'll be adding an echinacea in wool and silk. I'll probably add at least one more seam before I send it on.

Beginning to Round the Corners

I finished off the Algerian eyes in the fleurs de lis and started the Jessicas. There are several at the bottom of each corner piece. Once I'm done with them, Part 2 will be officially stitched and Part 3 only has its specialty stitches.

One Corner Complete

Yay, you can see the four leaf corner now! I'm getting caught up on when I fell behind, and I corrected the right side error completely now.

Six Stars on Top

I finally finished the top row here. Those six stars were hard to do and took a lot of time for each because they got so thick it was hard to see the threads underneath the stitching. Anyway, the rest should go more quickly now (I hope!). There's really not that much more to do.

Rolling Along

A second gift temari here; the pattern on this one's called dogwood and I'd not done it before either. They're not that hard to do once you start, but I can tell I still need to cultivate patience in marking the balls to get them more even. This one also counts as a project finish.

Weaving a Diamond

This week's progress is really visible because it's a big woven diamond in the middle of the piece. The directions were a little weird, but I managed to follow thme and make it. It looks all glitzy in person.