Yesterday was 'Jane Day' with the Night Owls Stitchers on Yahoo, so I pulled out my Sense & Sensibility sampler to work on. Because I'm stitching this one completely from stash choosing colors has been somewhat challenging, to say the least!
After struggling with colors for the verse I think I've found something I'm happy with. I'm hoping that when the entire verse is stitched the blue will give something of the impression of faded ink. I'm fairly happy with my cottage--I think the floss I used on the house looks like the stucco of an Irish cottage, but I'm afraid that the floss I picked for my thatched roof needs to be lightened so that the outline of the dormer windows shows up. I'm not going to make any changes at this point--I'll wait until I finish the sampler and see how the whole thing looks before I rip anything else out.
And of course last night I had to pull out my Downton Abbey stitching, the freebie offered last year by The Sampler Girl. It's a scrap bag project, and I'm very happy with the way it's turning out.
I'll have this one finished next week, so I've already picked out my next Downton Abbey stitching project. It's another freebie, with a World War I connection. No, I'm not going to tell you just yet--you'll have to wait until I start stitching it to find out what it is!
And finally, there is The 12 Days of Christmas, from Little House Needleworks. While stitching away on this piece on Friday I discovered that instead of two shades of red, I somehow have 2 of the same shade! It was an easy mistake--I picked up the Anchor substitution for the DMC for one red, and then when going through my stash for the other I pulled the original DMC again--it hasn't been a problem until now, even if I have stitched everything with the wrong shade! But now I need the contrasting color to stitch the drum, and I'll need it for the barn in the bottom panel.
I'll have this one finished next week, so I've already picked out my next Downton Abbey stitching project. It's another freebie, with a World War I connection. No, I'm not going to tell you just yet--you'll have to wait until I start stitching it to find out what it is!
And finally, there is The 12 Days of Christmas, from Little House Needleworks. While stitching away on this piece on Friday I discovered that instead of two shades of red, I somehow have 2 of the same shade! It was an easy mistake--I picked up the Anchor substitution for the DMC for one red, and then when going through my stash for the other I pulled the original DMC again--it hasn't been a problem until now, even if I have stitched everything with the wrong shade! But now I need the contrasting color to stitch the drum, and I'll need it for the barn in the bottom panel.
Good thing I was planning a errand day on Wednesday so that I can pick up the color! I'm hoping that the needlepoint store will have it so that I won't have to make a trip to the big box stores for one silly skein of thread--I already have to make the trip across town to the needlepoint store to pick up 2 skeins of AVAS to finish my Gay Ann Rogers ornaments, and to purchase the supplies for Loretta Spears' Fascination.
I hope that all of you have a wonderful week!
6 comments:
I'm with you. It's hard to do much of anything and watch the debates. We've moved on to the recaps the next morning on Fox. ;)
I really like your choice of blue floss for the words in S&S.
The stitches in Downton Abbey are beautifully done!
The stitching in Downton Abbey is gorgeous. It's fun to stitch from stash and have something unique at the end.
Everything is looking so pretty
Ann, I love your 12 days of Christmas :)
ooo the sense n sensibility one looks fab with that blue ...the roof looks fine to me too ... sorry to hear about the red in the twelve days ... hope you manage to get it :) love mouse xxxx
Love all the pictures!! Thanks for sharing. I am needing some inspiration.
I have to pull out Margaret and get stitching on it.
Have a wonderful day, though I think you are getting the yucky weather we had this morning here south of Houston.
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