Saturday, February 13, 2016

Threads And Soutache

I found Vikki Clayton's new site.  She's on etsy now, and is no longer dying floss for stitchers.  Instead, she's dying soutache and ribbon.  I do think it's a smaller market for her, but maybe not.  She has some floss on close out, so I bought some.

Got The Bullseye

The middle of the quatrefoil is found.  Each bit of this gets more detailed as it gets filled in.


Friday, February 12, 2016

Crazy January Start #31 - Red And Gold Tassel

Here's the last of my starts for January.  Yay, that's complete, so now I can work on finishing things.

Lettering On

The letters seem to be going quickly, so hopefully I am going to get this done soonish.

Thursday, February 11, 2016

Carpaccio And Pizza

Last month we were part of a mob that descended on Vitruvio restaurant at Epic Sana hotel.  i had carpaccio and pizza.  Both were very good, and, because of the current exchange rate, cost about $25.  A year ago, at the same price in kwanza, the meal would have been around $100.  We have yet to eat out here often because we still don't have plates for our Highlander and there's no where we can walk to easily, especially since we're not allowed to walk anywhere at all after dark.  Taxis are unsafe and the embassy motorpool costs $8 per person round trip.  Ouch.  Good thing I'm a pretty good cook.


Necking

The dragon is beginning to get a neck.  As it progresses, the piece is growing on me more.

Crazy January Start #30 - Flowers Sampler

I've actually done this piece before, but in different colors.  It was there all framed up and ready to go when I was unpacking, so I picked it up!