Sunday, July 22, 2018

More In Hospital Touring

The bus took me past St. Paul's Cathedral on on past the place that was the center of the great fire of 1666.  Then more bridges, including London Bridge.





Saturday, July 21, 2018

Slowly Working Down

Welp I am still working on this wide middle bit; it's got a lot of confetti and partial stitches in it, but I'm pleased with the results so far.  The tendrils on the dragon's head are also in the process of being backstitched - slow going there too.  I think this may be my daily project for the rest of the month so I can feel like I'm truly making progress.

In And Out Of The Hospital

The London Clinic is located across from the Royal Academy of Music by Regent's Park and between Harley and Marleybone High Streets.  The people there believe in letting patients out into the sunshine and fresh air as much as possible, so on my second full day there, I was let out to explore.  I walked a LOT and saw a nice Lamborghini and some other expensive cars.  Then I got on a sightseeing bus and went all around London.  Pretty good way to spend a day in the hospital, no?









Wednesday, July 18, 2018

Karen's Temari

Karen is a friend who left post a week and a half ago.  I made this temari for her before she left.  I made up the pattern and think it came out pretty good.


Hospital Lunch

The lunch and dinner order menus at The London Clinic were identical, and huge.  So this was lunch that day.  I didn't like the lobster bisque - it wasn't creamy like I was used to - but everything else was lovely.  And huge.

Tuesday, July 17, 2018

A Peacock Finish!

This is a gift for a friend, and I need to get it framed and sent to her once she settles in her new home.  Once I finished the month of Linen and Threads, this became my daily project - and it went very quickly indeed.  I still have almost half a month left.  Maybe I'll get something else done this month.

Seasonal Streets Restart

It's kind of hard to pick out the white stitches from the background, but they're there.  Now that I'm on the correct side of the fabric, maybe I'll feel better about working on it - correctly!