2026 finish #7

This very quick little project can be easily started and finished while sitting in a waiting room for your brother who is heart testing.  Unless you forget to bring the floss. Then you stitch it at home.  Some changes of course.  I usually leave initials off along with motifs, keeping it simple.  A few finished in a heart shape but I like the square also.

From Cricket Collection Dutch Sampler chart which also includes a sampler.

 In 2017 I stitched this with all the motifs and edged with turkey stitch.  First time, had a few issues, but it survived.  

I received my Prairie Grass linen very quickly from Bee Youtiful Sip and Stitch.  The small piece is my original purchased a year ago with its pinkish berry shading, the large dark green is the new dye lot.  Never fails.  I understand slight changes and linen taking dye differently.  But if I can mix the drops needed to match a color, dyers can't test until close to previous?  Then change the damn name!  My original Tobias is a rich dark golden bronze, second piece is half as light and somewhat green.  Last piece, more green than brown.  When we question why the chart photo shows a very different linen than called for .... this may be why.  Purchasing the P Grass as called for and shown in photo, would be a huge disappointment and not the finish you expect.

Choosing another small.  Still very scared even though most have no issues during this procedure.  Except for my two friends.  They are in the minority, survived, but with a completely altered life.  I feel silly letting this upset me to this point.

A warm day, purchased my deck ferns for $10 at Lowe's, pretty nice, and I can keep them in house or garage for the next six weeks until frost threat is over.

I'm over.  I need to calm down.

Stay safe.

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