Under the Flag

This week has really been all under the flag on the left. Doing this part makes me realize how much of this I've already done and how little there really is to go. I hope I can speed it up, but probably not.

Spring Captured

Here's the spring mystery from yesterday all stitched up for part four of ten. It's going really fast. I've already got part five, but I'm going to do part three of Zentangle before returning to this.

March Finish First

I was the first to work on Lisa B's spring block for this round robin. Here's an overall view of what I stitched.

And this is a closeup of the tulip I did in petit point on the somewhat-evenweave fabric. To me, tulips are exemplary of spring. I also did this faux-ribbon seam. I think it came out pretty well.

We have a yard covered in trees. I know it's spring when they start budding -not leaves, but flowers. So I made this branch to show that, too. Then I added little white flowers for another seam. Lisa's already said she likes it. Now on to try to complete some more things before I leave in thirteen days.

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.

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.

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.