Hometown Carnaval

One thing to emphasize about Carnaval in Uruguay is that it's very much a local event.  It's not like Brazil, with its outright commercialism and tourist appeal.  It's like school plays and 4th of July parades - a community event that draws on local resources.  These particular Inaugural Parade photos emphasize that.

Lunar New Year Temari

Every year, Talk Temari does a Lunar New Year exchange.  I participated this year and sent this ball to Tina.  It's done in the traditional colors of green, gold, red and white.  These are not my usual comfort zone colors, and I put it on a C8, which I finally marked correctly (yay!) and did a stitch new to me, too.  Tina received it on Friday, so I can post it now.

Jewels on Black Home

I sent these blocks out in September, and last week they came back to me.  I'd like to thank Wendy, Rita, Darlene, Debbie and Janet, who did such a wonderful job embroidering them!  I get to do one myself, too, before I turn them into something.  Thank you so much, I love them! 

A Float! And a Murga and a Band...

Still from the Inaugural Parade...

Still Waving

I had another session of adding waves to this.  One more waving session then back to the jellyfish!

Ing's English Garden

I had forgotten about this round robin because I'd not had a block for over two months.  This one arrived toward the end of January, so it was time to get back to work!  Ing said she wanted silk ribbon embroidery, so I obliged, as you can see in the picture below.  I made a big SRE heart covering most of the block.

Flowers!

Late Monday evening (yes, it was one of those days), I received this beautiful bouquet from Andreas.  The delivery guy had come earlier in the evening while we were out, then called and came back around ten.  It's beautiful!  I'm thinking of doing something with the green curly paper and I think the tiny sweetheart rose bouquet that it's tied with is adorable.  On top of that, they use eucalyptus as filler here, so it smells wonderful!