I worked on the bottom portion of my Scream House yesterday. I have almost finished the outer border. Just the little design in the center to do yet. Every picture I take of this one seems to come out blurry - not sure why.
Then, later last night I pulled Athena out and worked on the column and her gown for a little while.
Well, I made some progress on Athena. I stitched some of the gold colors on my first column. But, I also had to take out some of the foliage I had already stitched to the far right of that column. Hence, a little bit forward and a little back. 
Athena:
I did manage a little bit of progress on her last night. The bits of the gold column on the right...every little bit helps, right?
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I stitched on her for a little while last night. I finished her arms (no backstitching, yet) and some of the beginning of her dress below her arms. 
I did try and work on Oriental Harem Garden for a while, but those darn little frogs kept trying to come in through my new portal! ;)
A little bit of an update on Athena....(that white is tough going on the dark fabric):
...and a new start....
What is it? Any guesses? ;)
Now that I see the photograph of my progress, my Athena looks like she has a double chin. I am going to have to go back and redo the backstitching there. Her hair has quite a few different colors in it. All the open places are for the rest of the beads. 
Athena has a face, although not much else at this point! Everything else that I have added looks like blobs of color right now. (she has no lips just either...have to find some DMC 602, which was not included with my order for the threads for this one.)
No sooner did I set this piece of fabric on the bed and turn away than Klawd decided it was a nice addition to his bed (the blue blanket) and made himself cozy. So, sorry, Margit :((
This is a beautiful piece of Zwiegart red linen that Margit sent me with the special hand-painted fabric for my Athena, Goddess of Wisdom by Mirabilia. (Pictures of that below!)
First - a little happy dance - Woohoo! Woohoo! OK, I am being extremely silly today;) (This little dance was for the wonderful fabric I received from Margit!)
Here is a picture of my start on Athena from late yesterday. This is the beautiful hand-painted fabric that Margit created for me. Absolutely gorgeous!!
Athena will be directly in the middle between the purple and the green. The white blob is actually the owl that she is holding in her hand.
