Tuesday, November 15, 2016

Blue Angels

 I have stitched the bottom four rows of the blue dress on that angel three times. Three. Times. I have had to pick it all out and redo it over and over because the blue I had stitched on last December doesn't seem to match any of the blue I have left.



My blue was gone. Almost all of my colors are gone now.



 I used the blue from the first kit I bought from Ebay and it was too dark.



 I used the blue from the second kit I bought off Ebay and it was too light. I suppose the next step is to pick all the blue out, pick one blue and stick with it. I am really not happy about that but there's nothing else left to do. Grrrr......it's going into time out until I can deal.


I might as well confess that in a post about my disdain for stitching kits, I have bought yet another kit.



My reward for getting this one done by 2017 was to buy myself this awesome sampler all about needle crafts. I love it but all the same, I am looking very suspiciously at that floss.
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10 comments:

  1. AnonymousNovember 15, 2016 at 12:41 AM

    Oh my .... that month by month kit is very frustrating with its floss issues.

    I've started switching out the kit floss for my own floss with almost all the kits I buy.

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  2. LianaNovember 15, 2016 at 1:20 AM

    What about putting one contrasting line, lets say red, and then finish with darker blue. May that help?

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  3. Delighted HandsNovember 15, 2016 at 7:33 AM

    Dresses are often two-toned! Use either thread and just get it done. It will look ethereal no matter what! (And note, you are into Dec ahead of schedule!)

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  4. The Well Fed WheelNovember 15, 2016 at 9:42 AM

    Sounds like it deserves a good time out!

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  5. SummerNovember 15, 2016 at 10:50 AM

    Sooo pretty ♥

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  6. kathy bNovember 15, 2016 at 11:15 AM

    That is an awesome sampler! My mom did one years and years ago of a county fair..hmmmmmwho has that now?? No way my sister will let me get myhands on it. But Im happy thinking my mom did it and framed it

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  7. WanderingcatstudioNovember 15, 2016 at 1:47 PM

    Maybe you angel can have a two-colour dress - the bodice in blue and the skirt in another colour.

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  8. MeredithNovember 15, 2016 at 2:37 PM

    What about making the skirt a different color entirely? You deserve the new kit, yes I am an enabler.

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  9. Judy S.November 16, 2016 at 12:16 AM

    Yikes! Ripping out cross stitch is almost as bad a frogging mohair. Make the skirt another color; it's your project and there are NO cross stitch (or knitting) police. I love watching your progress on this and the reminder to me that I have more than one that've been in the works for way too long. Your new kit is beautiful!

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