Kathy's English Garden Blocks

This is my first block set to work on for the English Garden round robin, and it's Kathy's.  She picked to put silkies on her blocks, and padded them underneath.  This was a real challenge for me, as I never, ever use silkies.  The rest of the block was really restful, which helped a lot.  My work is in the picture below.  I hope she likes it.

More on Colonia

If you look closely in this photo, you can see a sunbathing doll.  This is an example of one of the houses in the old area of Colonia.

 I just loved the pattern of this door.

 We fed this dog our leftover scraps after lunch.  It was obviously injured and had been resting near the restaurant.  It came over and found us to thank us after it finished the scraps several minutes later.

Eastern redbud blossoms.

 And a couple of maps of the city in tile.

Filling In

This week was spent filling in some holes and getting the petals more done.  They're coming along, if very slowly.

Another Birthday Present

Timothy gave me this lovely leatherbound book for my birthday.  It feels great and I love it.  Thank you!

Center Steps

I have one more step to go on the center - putting on the beads.  Once I'm done with that, I get to play with a new pattern.

Over Halfway

I believe I am now officially over halfway done with the embroidery on this.  One whole and two partial rectangles to go.

Helpful Hints

My Uruguayo friends know my Spanish is, to put it kindly, deficient.  Sussy gave me this children's book to help my vocabulary, and it's working.  Thank you Sussy!