Saturday, July 10, 2010

Coffee

On Monday, since we had the day off, a group of us went to Old Town to show a temporary person around.  While there, we stopped at McDonalds to warm up and get a drink.  So... this is how they serve mochachinos in McCafes in Uruguay.  Fancy!  It's still a McDonalds, but the cafe part is somewhat separated from the regular McDonalds and has better furniture. 

Friday, July 09, 2010

Lots of Work, Little to Show

Well, I did spend some time on this part this week.  It's a lot of teeny tiny stitches, so it doesn't look like a lot of progress.  I think it's more work done, though, and there are other places where there's not much for a lot of visible punch.

Thursday, July 08, 2010

Waving Along

Three more stripes done on the second rectangle, so it's almost half done. 

Wednesday, July 07, 2010

From Blue to Color Blasted

This picture shows how I sent off my silk ribbon embroidery round robin block.  It was all blue, and I didn't specify any particular theme for it.

And here is how I got it back.  It's a carnival of color and gorgeous!  I was so surprised at how they made a blue block pop so much.  Thank you Arlene, Candji, Diane and Susan for doing such wonderful work on my block!  I love it.

Tuesday, July 06, 2010

Another project I'm going to have to concentrate more on!  Marquoir just finished this piece, so I have three months to get mine done.  Needless to say, the kaleidoscope has a higher priority, but this one's coming right after.  There are about five or six more parts left.  I can get it done.

Fiori Finished

Yay, it's done!  Another Christmas ornament to be stitched up.  Just in time too - Marquoir is starting another small project next Sunday.

Sunday, July 04, 2010

Susan's Silk Ribbon Embroidery Block

I was the last person to work on Susan's SRE block.  This round robin went by -fast-.  Here is her block before my work.  There were a lot of odd areas that needed filling in.
So here is what I did!  I added butterflies on the pink and a spray of flowers on the blue at the bottom.  I also did some flower buttons on the purple on the right side.  There were a couple of seams I did too.  The most prominent is the one that uses Peking stitch across the trunk of the tree in the middle.  It was mailed to Susan last week.  I hope she likes it.