Graphic Sampler Done

I finished my graphic sampler this week.  Now to do some finishing around the edges and it'll make a nice little doily.

Orange, Black, and Asian

To me, this block had a lot of orange and black on it, with some Asian themes.  Here it is before my work.  The block is Diane M's.

And here it is after I finished.  I added a fan I crocheted from perle cotton I found here in Montevideo and used wooden beads for the tassel ends on the fan.  The block didn't have much in the way of seams done, so I did the one between the small fans and mine in half circles of straight stitches outlined with chain.  And, to cover pieces of seam between the fan and the flower, I did some whipped chain stitch swirls.  Lastly, I did some straight stitch seam work on the seam at the bottom.  I hope Diane likes it.  It's already been mailed to the next person.

Carnaval - February 20, 2010 - Senegal Part 2

More pretty pictures of Senegal, the lubolos.  The competition ended Monday night, but there are now three nights of encore performances starting tomorrow night.  Guess who's ending up going to two of those?  Anyway, enjoy the pictures!

Second Line Down

Real progress this week!  I finished the second line of the top border.  Now to decide if I start a second rectangle or work this one to completion first.  Thoughts?

On the Nose

This heart is now rather nosy, and I should get to the mouth soon!

Carnaval - 20 February - Senegal Part 1

I split this group's pictures into two because there are just so many of them.  The group is Senegal, a candombe band in the category lubolos.  They were good, but were completely straight candombe.  No story that I could find.  They had really good costumes, though.

Back to the Stars

I've restarted See the Stars.  I'm now officially two and a bit parts behind.  I seem to keep stitching slower and slower...