Beads!

On Friday, we were walking along Montevideo's main drag - 18 de Julio - and came across this little hole in the wall bead shop.  It had lots of stuff packed in, from strings of polished uneven gemstones to seed beads to novelty stuff.

And this is what I bought, for under eight dollars.  The bag of seed beads is half a kilo, and the baggies had a lot of beads in them - each of the baggies under a dollar.  I'll definitely be going back when I have more time.

A Quick Stitch

I only started this toward the end of December, but I'm already mostly done.  It's only got the outer outline to go.  I just have to decide if I want it in variegated blue or in purple.

Got to the End

This week, I got to the end of the second stripe.  Now to fill it in.  Also finished the second row of the pattern on the first rectangle.

More Banding

I've completed another couple of bands since the picture from last week, except for the far right side.  They've started giving me multiple parts at a time, so I'm zipping right through them a bit more quickly.

Still A-Head

I still have just the head done, but got more red around the outline done.  It's getting there, but not nearly as quickly as when I was working on it daily.

Another Band Done

I got the second set of bands done on Mojave.  It's going pretty quickly because I'm using it as my take-out-when-you're-sitting-talking project.  I'm not wild about the colors, but the way the stitches are put together is neat.

Yet More Skirting

Yup, I'm getting tired of brown, but significant progress is being made.  I even got to add more metallic this week.