Since I was teaching Ana this pattern, I had to make it myself, too!  Here's my version.  I used kyo-temari thread and a 25 cm diameter ...

I am so close to being done!  Yay!  It's been pretty difficult working on 40 ct over two.  As you can see in the picture, I've been ...

  One more temari for gifting done.  This one was just playing with simple designs.  I think it came out pretty well.

One flower done; perhaps more will be coming soon.

It seems I catch up the red, then stitch more black, then catch up the red again.  Next time it looks like I'll be catching up on red.

This was lost for a little while in my house - my maid had put it on a bookshelf, and I didn't know.  Anyway, finally, here's a pict...

Not much in the way of new building progress, but I did complete the roof of the stable - and the doors that are cross stitched.