Hooray and yippee were followed by a little happy dance after I finally completed a project and in 17 days. The only downside is that it was not from my long list of UFOs or WIPs. It still feels good to have a project done plus I had to finish this one before June 2008 when my cousin, Ashlie, graduates from high school. Ashlie has been involved in 4-H and FFA with sheep since she was old enough to join 4-H and her involvement lead to the start of a family business. Ashlie and I are twenty years apart in age, which was prefect for our grandparents who were able to spoil each of us as if we were the only granddaughter. Ashlie was always interested in my stitching projects. Hence, the reason I picked out this pattern. Now I need to figure out how to finish it – either matted and framed like the pattern shows or making a small quilted wall hang out of it.Details: Cold Toes...Warm Heart from Sisters and Best Friends. I stitched it on 10 ct Betsy Ross and I think the color is natural or raw. I used DMC floss for the colored areas on the sheep. Since I love to work with the Rainbow Gallery fibers, I used the recommended Artic Rays and Wisper for the sheeps wool. On the wording, I opted for the suggested overdyed floss. When I noticed I did not have any Weeks Chrysanthemum, I searched my overdyed floss stash and found Gentle Arts Tarnished Gold to be a close match.
Lovely finish.
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