Triangles sure are the theme with Mystery IX. I made a start on the second triangle of Part 8 tonight - I made it as far tonight as I did on the first night of stitching the other one of these triangles. They are quite a bit of work. They are super pretty in real life, though. The colors in this garden are just amazing! And, I don't find stitching this one to be as burdensome (so far...) as Medieval Town Mandala.
Daylily: Flower BasketI spent a while today going through Hand-Dyed Fibers' site to create a conversion for Bay Sampler - I have been anxious to stitch this but am not going to buy 19 skeins of Thread Gatherer Silk 'n Colors at $7.00 a skein for it... Vikki was even helping me to convert this via email, although her suggestions were based more on the DMC alternates and were rather dull... so I picked all kinds of bright and variegated shades - I can't wait to see how the silks look when they arrive. I selected: Straw, Midnight Rainbow, Flame, Holly Leaves, Dragon Tears, Elephant Ears, Ecru, Dragon Blood, Double Moss, Castory, Malt, Ocean, Earth Dragon, Dragon Scales, Knucker, Blueberry Creme, Cafe Latte, Blue Sky and Aubergine... I post this primarily for my own record :-) I might pick up the R&R Americana Blend that is called for... or I might go a little brighter, depending on my silks when they arrive... I wonder how my selections will turn out.
Stitched on today: Mystery IX - Le Potager Du Roi
12 comments:
Le Potager du Roi is looking great Carol :)
Your wip is beautiful. Love all the daylily pictures, we have a daylily farm close by and every year we pick up a few new ones for the yard.
MM is looking good.
Mystery IX looks great. All the VC silks sound like great colors. Thank you again for the wonderful fabric. I sent you an email this morning.
The Mystery piece is beautiful!! Great work!
Loving your pregresses there Carol, your lillies and your Lily too. She is cute.
I like the new triangles on MIX - it looks great so far. :) Smaller sections each month too - a nice change!
And those silks sound wonderful. Can't wait to se what they look like!
Love your progress on M9. We are about at the same place. I am really enjoying these corners.
I also like your choices for Bay Sampler. I can't wait to see how they look. I really want to stitch this piece and a VC conversion sounds wonderful!
I just love your blog! I hope you do not mind but I added your link to my new stitching blog.
Cindy
Carol glad you found the motivation to work on your Mystery I know it'll be fantastic when finished!!!
Sounds like you had great fun choosing thread! More fun ahead when they arrive and you can put them with some linen to see which one looks best. I love that part of a project. :D
I've really enjoyed seeing all your lilies, Carol! Your garden must be a gorgeous riot of color!
Can't wait to see the conversion you've done. Bright is definitely the way to go on this one - I love stitching on it. The TG silks are definitely an investment though. M9 is looking fantastic!
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