This is a chart I’m stitching along with Sarah from Handmade by Sarah W. The chart can be purchased at most shops but a PDF can be purchased from the designer at Etsy.
I will say that the photo on the chart didn’t really speak to me but it intrigued me. I just can’t make out a whole lot of it so it’s almost a mystery to me. There are a couple of tan/beige colored flosses, a pale yellowish gold, and a brown so, as I wrote yesterday, I struggled with finding a linen on which the floss would show up.
I had been trying to find a tan or brown or light taupe color but it just wasn’t working so I went wild and chose a green! It’s a bit different to be using the green but I had it in the stash and felt like this might be a good time to try it.
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Yesterday morning I started stitching and the first two colors I used just weren’t showing up to my satisfaction.
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On the bottom and along the right side is a gold and the other stitches are a pale green. I was at the point where I knew I was going to have to change some floss colors.
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The bobbin on the left is the Vikki Clayton conversion from the called for color Gentle Art Chamomile and Vikki’s color is WindSwept. Her colors are always 100% correct matches to the other colors.
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The second color I changed is a bit more drastic change and I did that because of the green fabric. The floss on the left Sage Oil which is Vikki’s conversion from Gentle Art Endive. The color I chose to use is SeaWrack 3435. I’m pleased with these colors.
My progress yesterday was working on one of the birds. Mostly, I like stitching larger swatches of colors and, while this bird isn’t considered “confetti” stitching, I had to closely follow the chart and count several times. I thought I wasn’t going to like it but I’ve enjoyed stitching it.
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I may work on the bird some today. If so, I could probably finish that one bird but I have a couple of other charts I’d like to work on.
justquiltin says
Excellent progress and love your color choice. I’ve been eyeing up a bird chart I’ve been wanting to start. Birds are so fun to stitch.