Timely Finish

In honor of it being November I thought I'd get this piece started (and finished). It is November Twirls by Bent Creek. I am still working on a few other things but this one was just too fun and timely so out it came. I used Valdani Golden Autumn for the border and for the lower left leaf and Valdani Orange Blossom for the lower right leaf. The rest of it besides the lettering is Weeks Dye Works with what the pattern called for except I swapped out the Maple for the lettering in GAST with WDW Molassas. I don't know what I'll make out of this or if I'll frame it but for the time being, it just gets to be cute..lol.

Decisions decisions...

I've completed the dark green portion of Ink Circles Shy Violet and now I'm debating on a few things. The model is stitched on Vintage River Willow linen from Lakeside Linens & Designs. I am stitching mine on a piece of cream aida which is either 18 or 16ct (bit of a mystery piece floating around my stash). The piece calls for a cream thread accent using GAST buttermilk, but instead because I used cream fabric I'm thinking of filling in the green with a green that matches the River Willow color much like the model. The color match is either DMC 522 or 523. I'd leave the cream accents unstitched so the cream fabric shows through. The other change I'm thinking of is the GAST Sugarplum changed out for Valdani Mauve Orchid. I really like that deep purple color. I still might use Sugarplum as I'm also thinking of stitching this three times in a row, maybe dark purple in the middle and the lighter on either side? Oh I always do this to myself instead of stitching what it calls for I play with the colors...Decisions decisions...