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| completed small Bloom |
This is such a nice little take anywhere project. I plan to do this again, with overdyed floss and linen fabric, maybe in a light blue background or a natural light beige color. I might even try doing french knots in the center, or even beads. Ooh, beads... wonder how this would like done completely in beads...hmmm.
Made a bit progress on Tree Frog:
I finished the border, did the orange and red-orange parts of the frog's eyes, and started on the first color of green. With this project, I have been trying out the railroad method of getting the threads to lay down nicely. I am liking how it is looking, it does make a difference, but it does significantly slow down the rate of stitching. We'll see if I can stick to it, or if I decide the slow down isn't worth the result.
I might have had a bit more progress, but I took some time this week to work on a special card. We had the retirement ceremony for my First Sergeant this past week. She helped me out of a really tough spot recently and I wanted to let her know how much I appreciated it. I planned on cross-stitching a small flower motif to put on a card. I found out her favorite flower is the tiger lily and her favorite color is green. Tiger lilies don't exactly lend themselves to a simple cross-stitch motif, so I had to change direction. I found a super cool pop-up pattern on-line, and this is what I did with it:
And since I am on the subject.... I am also retiring from the Air Force. I have only 5 duty days left! Yay!
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