Another English Garden block for the round robin, this time for Marya. This is how it looked before I worked on it.
And this is how it looked when I got done with it. For some reason, it told me to put ribbon and daisies on it, which I did. I also used some of those leather shapes to make flowers. I hope she likes the result.
Did I mention there were a LOT of costumes on display? There are at least four more posts' worth to upload...
It's the time of year to exchange ornaments again, and I sent this one as part of the Brooke's Books exchange. It went to Mexico for Maru. She's gotten it and the temari I included with it, and likes it. Yay, mission accomplished!
This mall, by the way, was formerly a prison. In fact, the current president of Uruguay was incarcerated here for fourteen years. But on to the costumes. These ones are from Joan of Arc, I think. There are some lower down that have some neat embellishment!
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I seem to be done with the skirt itself pretty much - finally. Still getting kind of sick of golden brown, but it does look good.
This week I started the Prairie Moon Joy ornament from the JCS 2010 ornament issue. Of course I changed up the floss and material. Last month I picked up a skein of Gloriana's Florimell and decided to use it for this. The coverage is really good - I've been using only one ply. And I really love the color brilliance. Besides, it feels nice. I know I'll pick up more Florimell in the future, especially if I can find it on sale. $7 a skein is pricy.
The local mall had an exhibit of costumes from the last twenty years in its atrium last month. A lot of them were really neat and from Spanish language versions of such classics as "The Importance of Being Earnest" and "The Lion in Winter". All of the costumes were used in local productions here in Montevideo. There's some really interesting construction on some of the outfits.
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Did I mention there were a LOT of costumes on display? There are at least four more posts' worth to upload...
