Modern-ish Textiles

At the ren faire museum there were a lot of banners - unprotected and touchable.  I got close and took photos of some of them, as they are reproductions.  They show the original banner designs, though.

Mausoleum Rotunda

The Marasesti mausoleum has a second story - a rotunda.  We climbed the spiral stairs (last two photos) to get there.  It's a very pretty, restful place with wonderful mosaics.  The designs are definitely arts and crafts influenced and post-Victorian.

Topiaried

Yay, I have another piece on my challenge done!  This one was fairly easy to do, and I learned a different technique for couching.  Other than that, I know exactly whom it's going to when it's framed.

Swirling Sheepish

I am stitching along on my sheep.  He's got a lot of wool, but some of it swirls.

My Medieval Festival

These photos are from my camera at the medieval festival.  It's only a point and shoot, but it allows me to show different perspectives than Andreas' photos.  I started off with the Moldova coin map.  I just think it's so cool.  The rest of this post is area shots of the museum.  It was open air, as you can see, and closed on three sides.

More Graves

 While Romania won the battle of Marasesti, in 1918 it had to surrender to Austria.  There just weren't enough people in Romania to hold on after Russia collapsed.  That is why this place was not built until 1920.  The Romanians were proud of their soldiers; even the unknown ones were memorialized.

New Needlepoint

I found a stitch shop just off the main square in Brasov!  This is what I bought there.  The whole kit was approximately $15, and I really like the design.  I hope to start working on it soon.  If not before the Christmas blitz, then with the January start season is when I will do it.