I did manage to get all the blackwork done on "Red Thai Mandala":
I got a head start on the March Crazy Quilt Journal Project block --- this one is monochrome red (with a little pink thrown in --- honest, that center patch is supposed to be PINK (although it looks almost ecru next to the darker reds, that folded ribbon is ivory so you can see that the patch has a slightly pinkish tint) with a few seam treatments done:
My big goal this week is to finish up the taxes because there is a new class starting on the 7th: Sharon B's "Sumptious Embroidery" (materials on order for that as well) and it 's already beginning to look like I've bitten off more than I can chew there!