Finish #2 for 2026

Finish #2 for 2026.  Swedish Horses from Modern Folk Embroidery.  Used 6 skeins of dmc 3799, one over one, on 28 count Colour and Cotton lugana in the color Haunted.  A start and a finish this year.  

Sampler Game Board was added to - from way back in 2018.  I had 2 houses finished before, and I finished 4 more houses this time, and 2 more are almost finished.  There are 32 houses total.  But just a couple days had me wanting to pull something else.

This is Alphabet Song from Courtney Collection.  I added just one word....   Why.... which does not show in this photo since this was a picking it back up photo, not an after photo.  It was last worked on in 2019.  I was actually looking for a different Courtney on this fabric, so after one word, it got tossed back.

Long Dog Samplers - Life After Death.  This was something that was also a random grab, and with another pattern in the same bag.  I started Death By CrossStitch - Long Dog Samplers - but I could not tell you if I ever finished it or not.  I knew I certainly would have bought Life after Death, and it was last worked on in Dec 22, 2022 according to random notes that could be wrong.  So I picked this back up, and I have worked on it for a day so far.  I'm enjoying adding to it.  Below shows my progress.

The last two photos certainly show how far off the colors are on my camera.  Neither is correct.  It's a bit more golden than the bottom photo.  But not as golden as the top photo.  I am using Anchor black. 

Working on the final page...

Swedish Horses - Modern Folk Embroidery.  This was 5 skeins completed.  Working on the final page.
 

5 of the 6 pages completed.

I think this was 4 skeins completed.  Which was just over 4 pages completed.

After trying for 6 monthes to get my Medicare restarted - and three people at Social Security - I finally got a letter saying it will be restarted, and back dated.  But it takes another month to have that actually happen, and to get another card issued.  But I have hope.  My yard waste cart has a new lid.  

Technically half finished...

Swedish Horses - Modern Folk Embroidery.   This is where I am, 3 pages finished of 6 total.  My camera sucks for showing colors correctly, but the above photo is kinda close.  I am happy with the colors.  I didn't want to do another brown version combination. And the pattern photo is white stitches on a tan fabric, which is lovely, but my stitches would show flaws on something this big.  The side that is complete measures 9.25 inches.  It should be square when finished. 

This was after I finished the 3rd skein of dmc floss.  Just was not done with the page, and it seemed nicer to get to a point where I was technically finished with half the pages. 

Two pages of six completed....

 

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This is Swedish Horses - Modern Folk Embroidery.  This is two of six pages completed.  This is also two skeins of dmc 3799 used.  It is enough to see what the final design will look like, and to know that I have enough floss to complete it.  

This was one skein of dmc floss used on the two pages I had started with. 

A new start.... Swedish Horses...

 A new start...  Modern Folk Embroidery - Swedish Horses.  I have always liked this pattern, but only recently ordered it with another pattern.  It was my excuse to order it because no pattern can travel alone.  And it ends up getting started before the pattern I had been really wanting.  It is on 28 count Haunted lugana from Colour and Cotton.  And just using dmc 3799. It is only 6 pages total, and this is the bottom part of pages 5 and 6.   I start bottom right corner, and work up.  This is not quite one skein used so far.  I am still trying to get into stitching every night again.  But I am enjoying this.  It's really fussy, and so I am going to have to fill in and build.  

I ordered the cookbook and one pattern from market.  Which for me is enough.