Antiques

All the items in this room were collected from the surrounding village.  Many of them were in use through the Soviet era.  They don't have them properly cataloged and preserved yet, but a lot are interesting to look at.

All the Way from North Carolina

I've received the first of  three Christmas crackers!  It's pretty and from North Carolina and anonymous.  I won't open it until Christmas Eve.

Little Bits

Small pieces of sidewalk and shutters all done. 

Dancing Feet

I forgot to mention yesterday that the music the kids were dancing to was live.  Here's the band.  More pictures of the dancers, too!

Sent to Scotland

 I sent this temari to Scotland for Stephen D in an exchange.  I like the look of it, even though it's that one simple design I did about four times now.  Anyway, he got it two days ago.  His to me is still in the mail.

Making It Bumpy

There's more to this band than was shown before.  Here's the top taking shape!

A Warm Moldovan Welcome

On our first weekend in country, we went on a tour sponsored by the embassy.  This school is a project supported by USAID, and it's got some neat stuff.  It's about an hour out of Chisinau, and is both a primary school and a place to teach local craft.

The kids brought wine and bread in a traditional greeting and then they danced for us.  All the costumes were made at the school and are totally hand embroidered.  The white cloth was woven there too.  The main stitch is a plain old cross stitch.