A Tin Exchange

Recently Crazy Quilting International had a tin exchange. This is one of two that I made.  This is a Godiva chocolate smalls tin that I've got plenty of.  Someone keeps sending them to me to upcycle.  This is the first I've completed.  Anyway, tin finishing is hard work! It's nearly impossible to make the back look neat, but at least I tried.

Diamond Temari

 Another temari done for Christmas.  This one's got eight interlocking diamonds on it and I noticed that I have not taken off my marking thread.  I'll have to do that before I give it away.  I do like the colors I used.

Roofing

This week it was more roofing and a bit more of the peach wall. 

Stitchy Birthday Gifts

People were very generous with my birthday, and I got these wonderful stitchy gifts.  This first picture is the kit for Alhambra Garden from Chatelaine.  I'm going to start in on it this week.

And Melina and James got me this wonderful crochet book.  Poor James had to sacrifice and buy it in the States to bring down here. 

 And this last one is from Betsy.  She made this fabulous tote for me and I've already put all my stuff in it to make it my daily one for taking to the embassy and back and other places.  I love it.

Thank you all!

Building Along

My little buildings along the edge are getting bigger, and the backstitched flowers inside the outer border are done. 

Another Round Thing

In my quest for more presents to give away at the end of the year, I completed another temari.  This one's a simple design of interlocking spindles with an obi.  I like the way the colors came out.

Shopping and Collecting

About a week and a half ago, we went on a road trip to Punta del Este.  This first picture is what we bought when we got back - we hit up the bead shop yet again.  They always have something new.












 I collected these shells on the beaches of Jose Ignacio and La Paloma.  There are a lot of complete ones - almost all of them are flawless, if small.  Some are definitely going onto crazy quilting blocks.  It was fun sitting in a field of shells and picking through them, even if the day was windy and cold.

Okay, so this one's really different.  We were in the Punta del Este mall, and a place was having a clearance sale.  This was only 100 pesos (about $5).  I'm -not- going to wear it!  I'm going to take it apart for all the motifs and beading and such for crazy quilting.  There's so much of it and it's such a good deal that I bought two.