Crazy #13- Mystery Brocante

I had meant to start this piece earlier.  It was a stitchalong offered by European Cross Stitch, but they didn't send the threads until the second shipment of the stitchalong due to backorders.... and it didn't arrive at all.  The mail ate it.  So I ordered a second set of threads and asked them to mail me the pattern piece I'd never gotten, and then Turkish Air decided that mail delivery to Chisinau wasn't going to happen.  This sneaked in on one of their infrequent small shipments toward the middle of January and I finally got to start stitching.  I like the colors with the fabric I picked, but I need to finish another large project before this one goes into the rotation.

Six Squares Done

Another set of squares looks done.  This means I'm at least 2/3 of the way down the fabric and on the slide toward the finish.  I'm beginning to be at the point of wanting this to be -done-, so don't be surprised if I make a big push for just that in the next few weeks.

Line After Line

Row after row of DMC 817.  At least it's pretty easy to do.

Crazy #12 - Tulip Welcome

So many of these pieces are boring at the start - a bit of outer border or background.  I think it makes it easier to take them back up later when some of the boring stuff is done.

Green or Black Thumb

We finally got some flowers for inside the house.  They're orchids, and we made the investment because one of the wives of Andreas' local employees grows them - so the orchid will have a good home when we leave.  This one is from the local Metro and is beautiful.  It wasn't -that- expensive, either, for an orchid.  Now to see if I can make it bloom a couple more times before I give it away.  

Just the Blues

More shades of light blue this time.  Just about done with the sky.  It's done now on the left now.