Freedom is Ready

Yay, I finished something!  It's Freedom Rings from The Trilogy, and I finished it here in Virginia.  I'm going to make it into a door knocker, but not until I get to Moldova.  Another one of my Crazy January 15 done.

Top Row Done

A bit of progress; this one is a project that's easy to take along, as I don't have to read a chart or instructions as I do it.  Top row's done and some background added. 

Very Slow

Over the week of Labor Day, I made very little progress on everything.  Here, you can see some, but it's still not much.

More Fabric

I visited a quilt shop in Shreveport, too.  I bought significantly more there than the needlepoint shop.  A stash picture is here.

Almost Tailed

I am getting to the point of being almost done with the salamander/dragon!

A Disappointing Shop

Although The Needlepoint Shoppe in Shreveport has a large selection of canvases, the theme seems to resemble a sorority house - lots of pastels and cutesy along with the obligatory sets of Greek letters.  Displayed models were stitched almost exclusively in basketweave.  They do carry the complete line of Rainbow Gallery Splendor and seem to have all the Paternayan colors.  Other thread lines were incomplete or just plain not stocked.  I had visited to buy some stretcher bars for my Carole Lake kit.  They didn't have any.  The shop owner claimed that you never need stretcher bars to o needlepoint, so she didn't stock them. 

I know this shop has been in business for quite a while - I've visited it a few times when I've been in town, and I swear the inventory has not changed at all.  Call me disappointed on behalf of the needlepointers of Shreveport - they have no shop that allows them to experiment and expand their skills.

On a recommendation note, the finishing I saw in the shop was professionally and well done.

No Castle Yet

Still working on the background of Mersburg Castle, but some trees are definitely leafing out.