Two Works in Progress

I can't believe it is already mid-September.  Where did the month go?  I have been busy gardening, canning and other summer activities.  Hopefully winter will hold off a bit longer although I have enjoyed the fall weather we have had recently.

I am leading my local EGA's year long project for 2016.  We are stitching ANG"s Stitch of the Month 2011 by Ro Pace. (I love her designs!) I stitched it once on congress cloth using some of my favorite colors.

I never finished that one. 
But then I decided I needed to stitch it on 18 count canvas and to use colors that I normally don't stitch with.  Here is what I came up with:

I need to redo a few squares, but I like it.  Something to hang for the Fourth of July.  Hopefully I will get them both done before the end of the year.

Finished

Solar Flare by Ro Pace is finished!!!What should I work on next?

So Close....

I hope to have this done next week.  Depends on how the garden does and how much canning I do.

I Had a Bit of A Scare...

I thought I did not have enough of one of the threads.  I was in a panic.  I ordered a new skein, but the dye lots have changed dramatically.  Thank goodness I had enough!  I am on my last section.  Wish I could do it on black congress cloth, but I don't have time to do this piece again.  Someone did it on black and it looked stunning!

Can I Start A New Project?

I really, really want to start working on my workshop project. (Need to get permission to post pictures.) I really, really want to do this again in a different colorway.  But I will try to get this done.  I have less than a quarter of it to do.  A little every day....

Mistakes Fixed

I think I finally remember how to do this piece.  It is very addicting.  I have got to finish it and not let it go back to the basement.

Another Ro Pace Piece

 I had put Solar Flare away with great intentions of finishing it.  When I asked my kids what I should stitch next, this was the piece they wanted to see.  I was happy to pull it. I was stitching along when I realized that something was not right.  It took me a good hour to figure out that I had been using the wrong colors, not just this week when I restarted, but whenever I had put it away.

Mistake

Complete piece

I was not happy, but I removed the threads.  It is now ready for me to start stitching again.  Sigh.

Ready to restart