Montpelier

This is domed thing that sits near Montpelier.  It seemed picturesque. 

This is the house as you approach from the Visitor Center.  

This is the view from the front porch of the house. 

This is the view of the in-the-process-of-being-rebuilt kitchens and house slaves' quarters

The gardens.

Me in the gardens

The back of the house.  

The end.

More Earrings

The secret to good wire wrapping is making the wire longer
than you need.  Note the right is better than the left.

This is my first attempt at whacking wire.  I need to get
different wire if I want to do more of this.  Once you flatten it,
its very weak, and breaks very easily.  But I love the designs
in the book with the whacked wire. 

No idea what I would wear these with, but love the peacock
feature of the green beeds. 

In the book, they make spiraling wire look really easy.  You
loop the wire around the round pliers, then gently bend the
wire into spirals around it.  Mine come out triangular.
At least, I can pretend it's intentional.

These look better off than on.  On, they fade into my hair.
And my hair is too short to put up. 

Jewelry Design

Looping wire neatly is harder than its looks.  I need more practice. 

Wild Rose - Postage Stamp

The whole thing; with border.

Close up of "stamps"

Went with a much smaller border than I first imagined.

Sashing Advice

It seems a little heavy on the brown.  Like the Geometric -- needs a color though -- yellow?  goldenrod? lime green? Not pink, not teal.  Advice?

Time, I have time on my hands again.

Red & White Hourglasses, waiting to become blocks

Fabric

Have been collecting red & white fabric -- and in my collecting, acquired this collection that looked more crimson on the computer screen:

It's more maroon -- and I like it together as its own unit and not part of the red/white collection.  But this leaves me in a quandry as I was trying to collect fabric that was more than just various polka-dots.