Sitting with my feet up

Okay, I did something really stupid yesterday. I slipped on a mountain of laundry and did a very ungraceful split as I went down. Amazingly, I am not bruised, but my left ankle is swollen and I have it propped up on the coffee table. See what happens when I try to do housework? If there is a moral to this story, it is that housework is a pain!

Last night, I went up to the studio and finished the last block in a Beaded Round Robin. This block is for Julia Camilleri, whose work has graced the cover and the pages of Australian Embroidery and Cross Stitch on many occasions. The block was so full by time I got it, that I needed to study it for quite some time before I could figure what I could add that would enhance it. I finally decided to add some pearl seed bead flowers on the two outermost arm panels and a couple of Swarovski crystal flowers on the bottom outmost panels. Then I added two small dragonflies with faux pearls on each side to the floral beaded panels. The dragonfly has become the totem for our small group.




Wait, I hear the dryer beeping. hehehe

I was trying to get the dog to come back in and I spotted this guy on a branch. Since I was just talking about how the dragon fly was the totem for the Crazy Gathering group, I thought I should try to get a photo.