The all day man who should have been a cow

 I tried.  The cow attempts were wonky at best, and cramped in the space.  So a man filled in.  

And took all day except for a quick ride to deliver food to siblings and find fresh corn.  The backs of my projects are rat nests but this little guy could shelter an entire colony on his backside.  

I plan to add a few sheep and if over one is necessary for proportion, so be it.

This is how Rachel is charted, 

and my version so far.

I was searching for the tiny Chums chart and checked the Magma, where I found Rachel cowering in the pocket.  Remember her?

I was unable to manage the over one beast and decided to change that bottom with a fence and pasture.  Failing to chart the entire change led to problems, and she was set aside.  Time to finish, hopefully the sheep and a few birds won't take a day each.

Enjoy your weekend.

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S.S.H.

 Sarah Stewart Hardman 1824

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I vowed to not be enticed into another big girl, and that's my plan.  But during my previous attempt to work on several projects at once, a few were started.  While considering the next project, I looked through those kitted bags. This one has the type of border that defeats me, but that was not the reason for a pause.  

The DMC conversion for the border's flowers is a stickler. You'll notice in the chart photo how deep some blossoms are, but 838 seems too brown for my taste.  

These are the three called for.  

I think the 779 would work with two others I am considering, 3857 and 632.  Options for the lighter shade (3826) could be 407 or 3772.  The only color to be changed for sure is the 838.  Once decided, S.S.H. will be ready whenever I feel like tackling a few more stitches in the border.

That won't be today.  Too many things occupying my thoughts that would interfere with concentrating.  The border will be a tough one for me.  Some day.

Enjoy yours!

Don't you love it when I fuss so much about color?

And such an enormous difference in display between the laptop and the tablet.

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Better.

 Changed the tail to the 640 used throughout with 301 in the center.  I really prefer this softer look.

  Now I'm done.  I know it's a small project and these minor changes are .... well ..... minor.  But once sewn into a drum, it's forever.  And I don't want to question if I should have tested an option to what bugs me.  No questions now!

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Drum roll

 Finish.

Here's the border change, bird switch, and circle beneath left crown with stitches I added.

I want to thank you for helping with the tail color.  I stitched with all blue just to test, it detracted for some odd reason.  Honestly, after the fill even with 301, it's too much.  The softer 640 in the project would be my preference and I may change to it before drumming.  Maybe solid 640 with center stitch of 301.  Yes?  YES! 

So grateful for this gift, thank you D!!

Four hours at the dentist yesterday, everything went smoothly.  Two teeth redone, two more to go, and I can feel the improvement already.  He is not charging me for replacing the misfit crowns from the lab, just the root canal.   This was necessary because the continual trauma from misalignment caused an abscess, in turn requiring the rooting.  He makes crowns in his office, perfect adjustments, I will not use a lab again.

Enjoy your day!

Thanks again.

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Opinion please

All that is remaining to stitch is the top border, but I would like your opinion on changing the 301 shown on the left tail to the 502 shown on right.  I thought that soft teal would be nice in the tail, but with such minimal color throughout, should I add another or be consistent with 301?

What do you think?

A few comments were made about this Oaken linen not appearing dark.  Here it is against white paper, darker than you would think!  Some photos taken under bright light may show it lighter.

I had to purchase a new laptop and got a deal on a basic Dell.  Sure hope I can set it up and have email delivered properly.  I am missing loads!  Some I get, others not, and at various times.  Missing quite a bit.

Have a good second week of the last month of summer.

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Switcheroo

 How are you all?

I'm very upset about August's arrival, but some of you are excited about moving closer to Fall. 

So what have I switched in this piece?  

At the top tail of the right peacock is the same bird as is at the top left of the large center motif.  I moved the bottom bird to mirror the top so they flank the center.  The foliage to be stitched in the vase to its right will not interfere.  

The crown and bird positions were switched and I like it.  It fits better in that space, the bird was a little crowded.  The circle beneath the crown in the middle left may be changed to something else. I also flipped the left bottom crown to replace the year. 

Linen was cut to accommodate the entire chart so I can stitch the alpha if I choose.

Will these changes really matter on a drum?  Of course not!

Close to finish!

Have a great day.

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