Doctor Who Shoes

 Andreas found my new Marine Ball shoes.  They'll go with my TARDIS dress.  I love them, and they're actually comfortable!

Lesson Relearned

I have decided to abandon this piece.  Every time I work on it, it brings me anxiety instead of joy.  It's a Bucilla kit, and I knew it was low quality as soon as I opened it and saw a blunt needle - and denim fabric.  Really?  You're going to expect a beginner to use a blunt needle to get through denim?  Talk about frustration!  I also saw no stitch diagrams.  The grid of stitch placement and number of plies of thread is hard to read and confusing.  On top of that, the thread knots if you look at it.  It's obviously low quality, as it pills easily and just feels rough.  So, I'm ditching it.  I don't need to waste my time on something I'm not enjoying in the least.

About Half

Looks like I'm about halfway done with this.  It's getting to go quickly, and I have no idea what I'm going to do with it once it's done. I -think- it's been sitting started as an unfinished object for about ten years.  Shame on me for taking so long!

Pale April

So maybe April is the month where the yellow wasn't a good idea.  The outline, plus the chick-to-be, is in a very similar color to the background.  We'll see as I go along.  Not changing fabric now.

A Bit Of A Stitchalong

I'm doing this with my chapter.  We're doing Nicola Jarvis kits together!  This one is Apple Blossom.  I've already started outside the lines, though, by not overlapping my fishbone stitches over the outline.  I like the way it looks, so all twelve of the leaves will get the same treatment.

Back To Temari

This is the first temari I've made here in Angola.  It's a present for a friend with a temari collection - he'd been stationed in Japan.  It came out pretty well, I think.

Flowering Away

The sunflowers are coming along, as is  the sky behind them.