TAST Week #9 - Couching

I couched some pretty thick gold torsade onto the sampler.  The purple was used to contrast with it and tone down the bling a bit.

Two Wreaths

I'm still plugging away at this.  I've been doing at least two lengths of thread daily on it for over a month now, and am barely halfway through this part of  the stitchalong.  This piece is BIG.

Tour of Milestii Mici

 How do you tour the world's largest wine cellar?  In a minivan, of course!  We went on this tour on Saturday, at Milestii Mici (pronounced Mileshtee Meech).  The tour didn't take us through the whole thing, but it was a lot of underground to cover.  Here, some wine barrels (about seven feet high) and an underground waterfall that they've spiffied up into something nice looking.

Fabric From Scraps

I made fabric from Solvy and scraps last week.  It was sooo easy to do!  I learned  to either use transparent thread or match the thread to the scraps.  I also thought it was neat that the two sides of the fabric are completely different from each other.

It's Dragon Time

Moving along on the Asian round robin, I have Sarma's block.  She asked for a dragon, so I made one.  It took a lot of time to do all those chain stitch lines!  I am not quite pleased with the  wings, but I think the rest came out pretty well.

So Tired Of Brown

I have promised myself that next week I will do all the extra counting and start some real color with the peacock's head!

Starting The Fill

You can't really see it, but I've done a bit more on the right - it was all light blue gray. I also did a bit more gray and green.  Little bits of building are looking more full.