THE BUZZ FROM THE HIVE

Sunday, June 10, 2018

A New Beginning.....

I have been so anxious to begin this new piece...and I did at the PSS retreat...but it got off to a bad start! The green color I chose as the tree outline just wasn't showing up, so I took it all out ( you can see how much I had stitched on my June 6 post) and did another floss toss and came up with a different green. It's showing up much better, but forced me to change out some other greens as well. I'm doing this over one on 32 count Slate Green from Lakeside linens (it's much darker than the photo shows); it will make the finished piece approx. 5 X 7.5 rather than 10 X 15. I'm second guessing that now too since I got this old tarnished brass door knob last weekend that would work great as a tree base, but is too large for the over one version. I'm stitching with GAST but, as I said, have changed some of the colors.




 The chart is It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas by Thistles.

 Thanks for stopping by and your "twisted threads" of friendship!

 Stasi
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7 comments:

  1. VickieJune 10, 2018 at 7:46 PM

    Oh yes, this piece is darling! I am watching you stitch this with great interest. You won't stop and restart over two will you?

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  2. debJune 10, 2018 at 9:02 PM

    The restitching looks really good - the greens you've picked look great on the dark linen.

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  3. Robin in VirginiaJune 10, 2018 at 9:16 PM

    Sorry to had to rip out and change up your thread colors! I look forward to seeing more of your progress.

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  4. carol funJune 10, 2018 at 11:04 PM

    Beginning a new project is always so much fun...the trials and tribulations of changing floss colors... challenging but satisfying when you finally get it figured out. This is a beautiful piece...happy stitching!

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  5. CarolJune 11, 2018 at 1:02 PM

    Saw this on IG this morning and it is SO cute!! Good color changes, Stasi!

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  6. RJJune 15, 2018 at 10:07 PM

    Love your new project Stasi...it is so pretty! I'm so happy to bevisiting with you tonight. I have missed you and all of my blogging friends so much. I look forward to catching up on your past posts...it will be fun. Have a lovely weekend. RJ@stitchingfriendsforever

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  7. KaisievicJune 16, 2018 at 8:16 PM

    I am sure that this piece is going to look gorgeous once you are done, my dear.

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