Samplers-and-Santas
Extend the grass lawn, add a bird, and decide on a trim.
Mini poms in a neutral shade (gray?) would be nice, and after watching flosstube, I considered tiny sparkling red beads in the flowers. But I gave them away long ago, along with the clear crystals. Not my style anyway, but I do have a few smalls containing bright florals to stitch. A group of Victorian looking fancy pants in a pretty glass bowl could be a shiny sparkle show.
August.
Dagnabbit.
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The house in muted golds did nothing for me. It seemed disconnected from the surrounding colors for its size, the grass beneath would make it worse. The test pieces were good on their own, but not within the overall design.
Originally, blue was my choice, but that was too strong. So frogging ensued and was replaced with 648. Not blue, not gray, perfect neutral but noticed.
Was at Carole's last evening and there is no progress on shelters with openings. Altering surgeries aren't scheduled until September, we're on a cancelation list, and need to purchase a certain type of cage trap to bring them in. Carriers are not acceptable. This needs a resolution soon and I am losing hope for that.
Enjoy the last fricking day in July. Can't believe it.
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Why are the tags informing us of fabric content, washability, and sometimes even size, hidden throughout the garment? It's a like scavenger hunt. Some manufacturers insert four tags, each stating info I don't need, in print so small it's unreadable, in seams that I need to search for. Where the hell is the fabric content!!! A few garments contained what sounded more like a food than fabric. Does that require hand washing with gourmet water? I don't want to upend clothing on the store racks to find out if I'm too lazy to care for it.
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So here's the house start ... 645 for roof, 3828 for trim, 422 for siding. Not stitched yet but a sample patch was very nice, confident they will work.
Quite small on this 46 count and I'm taking your advice and adding a bird over the tree.
Thank you!
Have a good evening!
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Hi folks.
Been ill for several days, but managed to get the floral arch finished.
The house with be full frontal, not angled, different windows, and probably a different color. In other words, a completely new house.
Back to miserable, stay safe everyone.
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One is the sneaky trap of subscription. The majority of products I consider ordering cannot be a one time purchase. Give them your card and they automatically ship (or fail to) every month with the promise of "cancel anytime". Most always, a drawn out hassle to stop them taking months. So I don't order. I feel the company must not have confidence about their product, and fears the consumer would not purchase again. Unless requested by the buyer who wants the monthly shipment, companies should offer a one time purchase for those wanting to test the item before committing.
One is enough for today, no? Move on to flowers!
The floral arch is what I love about this design, and it's a beaut. See the bud at the far right? It calls for dmc 500 leaves and sepal while all others are 730 (I'm using GAST Dried Thyme which is very close but less yellow). Either make me gag when next to 500. Should I continue with the GAST or choose a different green? I kept the softer 611 for the vine, no need to change.
The huge birds on the willow and top motifs will probably not be stitched. We'll see. They may be too distracting.
As July's end nears, I become crabbier with each passing day.
Have a good one!
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Well, close anyway.
I've made changes, and am considering removing the vine to replace with the more visible brown shown in the few stitches at the bottom.
I thought the charted golden brown competed with the pink flowers, wanted a more subdued brown. I can work on surrounding motifs until then. Only changed one of three pinks in the flowers. Charted for Roxy floss but those three in dmc are wonderful. Already sorry I chose a darker variegated thread for the willow, but it's still good.
Enjoy your day, be safe!
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