So Very Close

I'm still working on this, but it's -so-close to being done.  Next picture should be of it all done!

Gifts from Friends

Ana gave me these beautiful pearl cottons and a great magazine when we met.  I'm going to use them soon.

And Sussy gave me this great little paper floral arrangement.  It sits on my desk and the bright pink cheers me up during these dreary winter days.  Thank you both!

Lining Up

I'm getting things done on this, and it's a good thing - I need to finish by September 15th!  Although each area is bigger than a square for kaleidoscope mandala, it goes quicker - empty spaces.

First Meeting

Here are a couple of pictures of me and my fellow stitchers in Uruguay!  I met Ana and Sussy on the Puntocruz Yahoo group, a Spanish language worldwide cross stitch group with a lot of wonderful members.

We met and shared at the Don Pepperone and oohed and ahhed over patterns and projects for three hours!  We're planning on doing it again soon.

Counting Down

Only one more rectangle and a half to go.  I'm so happy I'm so close to getting this "prework" done.

A Bit of Roof

Did some roof this week and some of the upper floor building.  Other than that, not much to say.

One Last Celtic Block

This is Rebecca's block, the last for me to work on in the Celtic round robin.  As you can see, there're really not much space left.  She's making a book cover for her husband out of it, and so has requested no beads and a masculine feel.

This is how it looked once I was done with it.  I added two motifs and two seams.  One motif is the abstract tree below the cross, and the other is three spirals made by Andreas.  Even though she said no beads, they're not beads and the spirals look nice on there.  I hope she approves.  The two seams are also there, though they're not very visible.