Wednesday, January 2, 2013

Cross Stitch Planning

Thanks to all of you who wished me well in my last post.  The good news is that I am feeling better each day.  Sinus things are just a pain.  I have planned a stitching start for the year.  I'll explain them as I show the pictures.

 Here is France F.  I have changed the colors quite a bit.  It had just too many pinkish tones and lavender for me.  I am using my old favorites DMC 355 and 356.  I wish I had a LNS so I could explore more threads.  Maybe the SBA and I should make a road trip to Portland! I could visit Acorns and Threads. I have no trouble with charts and even linen, as I have my favorites.  It is just so hard to get accurate color on the computer for all the various threads.

 This will be a quick stitch and give me a chance to try some 36ct. linen that I have purchased.  I'm going to move some of the motifs closer so I can put it in a 5x7 frame. ( The frame Sunflower Santa  was in).

 First, sorry for the line in the photo.  I am so excited to stitch this one and I have Mary  at "Stitches and More" to thank.  She had stitched this one and I saw it on her blog.  Last Jan. 1, I made the resolution to live this Psalm, "This is the Day the Lord Has Made, let us rejoice and be glad in it. I really wanted to appreciate the true value of ordinary days.  I think this verse says it all.  I mentioned this to Mary and she immediately offered her pattern to me when she finished the sampler.  It comes form Just Cross Stitch Magazine,Feb.2009 so I have no idea if I could have found it.  Thanks to Mary, this will be project 3.



Meg's Bunny will be my project for spring, more stitching on 36 count. I found this on Ebay last year.

Thanks so much for joining me and have a terrific week!

10 comments:

  1. I'm anxious to see France completed with your color choices. I don't care for the lavender either, but stitched it anyway!

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  2. Looks like some fun stitching Barb. Hope you feel better soon.

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  3. You have a great start. I stitched Meg's Bunny a few years ago. It's a quick, fun stitch and still so pretty.

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  4. Three lovely design choices for your new year stitching. France F. is already looking very lovely indeed.
    Margaret

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  5. Great stitchy plans.
    All are very nice.
    Marilyn

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  6. You have picked beautiful projects for the year!
    Glad to hear that you are feeling better!

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  7. What lovely pieces you are planning to stitch this year!

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  8. You have all kinds of wonderful things planned to stitch. I will love seeing the progress with all of them. I love your work! Happy New Year to you.

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  9. Fantastic stitching plans! I love France F., I want to stitch it eventually, too. I like your plans to live by the psalm--that is beautiful.

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  10. You have chose some lovely stitching for this new year
    Happy stitching!!

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