Journal for Betsy

She got her birthday present, so I get to show it off here!  I made a journal cover for Andreas' mom.  Originally, the fabric was to be a piece I'd handwoven, but the maid found it on the ironing board (with the beige square already on it) and decided it needed washing.  When it came out of the washer, it wasn't suitable for the journal anymore, having frayed quite a bit and gotten too small.  So, I came up with a plan B!  The green is dupioni silk, and the square is a little square I stitched up a while back to make into an ornament.  The journal cover directions are here. 

Here's the inside.  The butterfly fabric is also the inner lining, which can be reversed and become the outer shell.

The back.

Bottom Row Started

It's coming to an end now.  The top row is halfway done and the bottom row is started... once I finish half of the bottom row, I'll be able to get the last parts.

The Other Secret Temari

Here is the second temari from Barb Suess' new EGA correspondence course.  It's called Blue Heaven.  Lots of stars and sparklies.  You can tell on some of the stars that my marking was off a little bit.

Secret Temari One

A few months ago, I piloted Barb Suess' new temari course for EGA.  This temari, called Baby Blue, is one of two I made for it and my favorite.  Since EGA announced the course a few days ago in Inside EGA, I can now show it off!

Less Frogging

I've either gotten more careful with my chart reading for this or have gotten the rhythm of the motifs finally.  Either way, I did a lot less frogging on it this week.  I'm almost done with the first part.

Closing to the Center

Still got a lot of work to go on the center building on the right, but there -is- progress!

Starting the Fifth

Finished the first layer of jellyfish number four and started number five.  I do feel like I'm making progress, but it's hard to see the design coming together at this point.  I really don't like the way the directions are written.  You have to consult at least three pages for every area, and spreading so many pages around - which are not in order, either, makes it very hard in a cramped to begin with work area.