Started Chocolate Vermicelli Inside, Watermelon Hell Raiser and Liquorice Yum Yum outside.

Foundation HDC starting chain: 17x8 plus 4 = 136+4 = 140 PLUS ch2 as per below. Total stitch count is 142.

I am using Rosina Plane’s ‘quick start’ technique for the envelope border. See youtube for tutorials. This involves a ch1 after and before the border stitches.

Blockparty throw inspired by our travels to Egypt last year and in particular scenes in Alexandria. When I spotted the La Vache Qui Rit little grocery I was smitten. Our daughter featured in a La Vache Qui Rit commercial in Dubai many years ago.