Lone Star is finished......I placed the last stitch and the final order is complete.  This was an easy project to stitch and progressed quickly.

I will begin the shadow box project and see how needlepoint works as an art piece. 

On the Home Stretch.......Well I've rotated the canvas to the last side and working on the last border.  Looking forward to finishing as I am ready to start a new project.

While stitching Earth from the Elements Series designed by Kathy Rees as a special counted needlepoint club for Tomorrow's Heirlooms I had an idea.  There are parts of the design that can be stitched separately and then put together in a shadow box.  This project will require some finishing work to mount the needlepoint pieces on foam board and then attach them in a, hopefully, artistic way. We can talk more about that when I finish Lone Star.

And the progress continues......Today I had to go to the CPA and pick up my income tax returns so I wasn't able to stitch as much as I would have liked.  I finished the border on the second side and will rotate the canvas again in order to finish the last two stars on the third side.  At that point the canvas will be upside down.

The stitching of Lone Star has begun.  I've started with Caron Watercolours #199 for the stars and the background is Perle Cotton #746.  I plan to fill in the other stars with Caron Watercolours #68 and then see what colors look the best.  More updates as the stitching continues.

Now on to a new project.  About 2 years or so ago I stitched Lone Star, designed by Laura J. Perin.  The original color way was very plain and I did not intend to use the specified colors.  I have a stash of Caron Waterscolours on hand at all times and tons of Perle Cotton so I selected my colors.

What I came up with was a very bright palette of yellow, orange and hot pink.  When finished I had the design custom framed with an orange frame and yellow mat.  I loved the end result.  The framed piece was then mailed to my sister in Texas who's comment when she opened it was "It sure is bright".  Not exactly what I was hoping for so lesson learned is know who you are stitching for and select colors they like.

 

I decided to stitch Lone Star again using a new color palette and this is what I have initially pulled from my stash. As you can see there are 2 different Caron Watercolours and 5 Perle Cottons.

 Let's see if all these are used or if any new colors appear.