The second square is well begun, yay! The border area is very finicky and takes a long time. Because I am using such a high count fabric, I'm going to ignore the little crosses inside the diamonds.
I found a sari trim shop in Bandra, close to where I was staying in Mumbai. These trims are what I narrowed down to buy. The shop was packed with all kinds of trims. It was great. I could have bought a lot more, but was frugal.
This is the first Kathy Rees kit where I have pulled out my own thread for the first part. The directions called for using the blue parts only of an overdyed cotton, but the blue parts were tiny. So I substituted my own blue. I hope the rest of it doesn't keep on the same way.