Since I haven't been able to get to the embroidery shop to find the perfect thread for my quilt project, I started something new.
This will eventually be a square with almost every DMC solid color in it. I have to leave out 13 colors in order to make it a perfect square. So I'm randomly just leaving out some of the ones that are ridiculously close in shade to their neighbors. I'm stitching it in number order, which I think you'd have to do anyway just to keep track of where you were.
I've since completed the third row and I really love it so far. It's interesting to the see the colors in number order. I store mine by hue, because it makes it easier for me to pick colors for a new project, and I almost never stitch anything designed by anyone but me. I'm using the DMC provided color description sheet to cut down the time it takes to locate each color, but some of their descriptions seem rather off.
This piece goes quickly and slowly. It's slightly annoying since you're constantly starting a new thread and using such a small amount of each. I feel like I'm spending more time cutting the thread, separating the thread, cutting the thread again, winding the thread back on the bobbin, and putting it away than it takes to do the actual stitching!
Working out the numbers was a little exciting as I had to USE MATH! Granted, quite simple math, but still...
That will be fun. I think that kind of project is soothing.
ReplyDeleteWell, it's soothing to look at... Since I have change colors so often I can't really lose myself in the stitching in the way I usually do.
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