Monday, March 02, 2009

Springing Along



This week, I got all of part four of Tam's spring mystery done except the cross stitch outline. After the picture, I finished it on Saturday. I'm kind of surprised that I have been able to keep up with all three of the stitchalongs from my German group so far. I have a feeling it won't last much longer though, since I'll be leaving two weeks from today.

A Quarter of Bling


The instructions said to work this quarter in this way and didn't mention the other three. That is, until the step that comes next and assumes that you did all four. So I need to go back and do the other three this week and then go on to other things. I think the ribbon effect is kind of neat.
I'm kind of disappointed in myself because I only finished two things in February after the great start of nine in January. This morning, though, I got my first March finish done. Blog entry and pictures later.

Sunday, March 01, 2009

Could Lose a Little Weight...


Bibendum's showing his rotundity now. The black outlines are about to the point where the bike starts, and I'm approximately at the halfway point now. He's still cute.

Saturday, February 28, 2009

Zentangled Part Two


The second part of Zentangle is done. I have part three, but am waiting to finish part four of the spring mystery before starting it. The spring mystery's on a much tighter schedule. I still like the colors on this, and I'm hoping to find a home for it somewhere when it's done.

Friday, February 27, 2009

Not Another Flower


This picture is way too pink and yellow, but you can see I made significant progress on my latest band. All the little diamonds are done and quite a bit of the vine they're in.

Back to Temari


I know I haven't done any of these since Christmas, but I did do this one! It's a gift, and should be getting to its recipients today. I hope they like it. Found the pattern on TemariKai. They have lots of patterns there and even if you don't do temari, just looking is fascinating.

Thursday, February 26, 2009

Squared Off


Here's the little thing (it's -really- tiny) all squared off now. The red is dominant again, but I have a lot of green to do next. At least it no longer looks like measles. If I don't finish this before I get to Kosovo, it'll be finished within a week or two of getting there. Two more weeks and a couple of days before I leave. The travel is brutal - I have two layovers, each five hours or so, in Paris and Vienna. Too long to sit at the gate and too short to go into town and explore. I'll probably go into the first class lounges (the one in CDG is nice) and sleep or try to get some stuff done.