Finish #4 for 2023

Sampler Cove - Sirin Jaidee.   Finish #4 for 2023.  Stitched on black lugana, 25 count, one over one.  Used the suggested dmc flosses. The one orange dmc, I finished with just a single length strand leftover.  That's crazy.  I know it looks like the feathers are not completed at the edges, but the edge loops are cut off to make the sides of the designs straight for framing.  The photo does not do the design justice.

This is where it was when I picked it back up this time.  Mostly just the two birds at the bottom and a couple of smaller things to fill in.  I'd like to stitch it again using the same fabric, and the suggested silk flosses.  But not right away.  But I did buy the floss and fabric to have in my stash.  The colors are actually slightly different for the silks.

It goes back into the pile again...

Sampler Cove - Sirin Jaidee.  There are actually 2 birds to do yet at the bottom.  There are 9 pages total, 3 per row, and I have the top 6 pages completed.  My crappy camera really does not do this justice in a photo.  It's time to toss it back into the pile again, and pull out something else. 

Love It When It Fills In

Sampler Cove - Sirin Jaidee.  It's really prettier than this.  This is the DMC floss version on black 25 count lugana, one over one.  There is an entire pheonix bird at the bottom to stitch yet...   

Just as fair warning, if you use DMC, two of the yellows are really too close to see a difference.  I like the pattern enough to stitch it in the silks, and on the same fabric.  And I got the silks and fabric to do exactly that.  But I'm trying to finish this one first.  Below is what it looked like when I picked this back up again.

This before photo is a bit more color accurate.