Ing's English Garden

I had forgotten about this round robin because I'd not had a block for over two months.  This one arrived toward the end of January, so it was time to get back to work!  Ing said she wanted silk ribbon embroidery, so I obliged, as you can see in the picture below.  I made a big SRE heart covering most of the block.

Flowers!

Late Monday evening (yes, it was one of those days), I received this beautiful bouquet from Andreas.  The delivery guy had come earlier in the evening while we were out, then called and came back around ten.  It's beautiful!  I'm thinking of doing something with the green curly paper and I think the tiny sweetheart rose bouquet that it's tied with is adorable.  On top of that, they use eucalyptus as filler here, so it smells wonderful!

All Comparsa

This set is all comparsa.  It's bright, colorful, and costumes range from near-complete coverage to nearly nothing!  The noise is nearly deafening too, with all the drums.



End of the Row

Two edges of the piece are now complete and you can see how large the square will be.  Now to fill in the rest....

Murga and Comparsa

Murgas tend to have costumes similar to those in Venice.  They sing songs poking fun at Uruguayo life.  This year, that means about the trash strike, the World Cup, and the Chilean miners.  Plus the regular poking at Argentines.  Comparsas are the drum and dance groups.  Can you tell which are which in this set of pictures?

Thank you Kristin!

Sticklounge had its first exchange.  We were to make needlecases or pinkeeps.   This is what I got from Kristin in Germany.   It's  beautifully finished and she sent me some wonderful Tentakulum thread, too!  Thank you so much, I'm using it already.

One World One Heart Winners!

The winners of the OWOH doorprize are Electra, Connie, and Lamore Allure.  All were sent notes this morning, and I hope to hear from them soon.  Thank you to everyone who left comments, and I hope some of you decide to give temari a try!