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Another New Start

 Every time I watch Flosstube I sit there saying," Oh look at that!!" or, " Let's see, how many wip's do I have? Sure, I have room for another start!" or even more often I don't say anything and just run to my stash trying to figure out if I have all the floss for the latest project that has caught my eye. Seriously, sometimes I wonder if I need help.

 This time, I was watching the always lovely Lorrie on her Flosstube channel, Mischievous Stitches showing us a book of designs by a designer named Jeannette Crew. So my mother purchased a book of her designs:


Lot's of great designs in here!
 It was July and how could I resist a patriotic start? I decided to stitch the Contemporary flag, the design on the bottom right of the picture above. Here's the floss:

Gorgeous!
 So in the picture of the contemporary flag, the design really looks like it has a lot of shading and depth. Great, I thought. But then when I see the called for colors, I think,"huh?" One of the colors is DMC 666- a very bright Christmas red and then some maroon shades. They don't exactly look great together. But since I like to stick to the chart I go with it and use the called for colors. After stitching a chunk of it, I just know that those colors do NOT look like they go well together. Sighing, I go and get something to drink. And then I see it. From about a yard away from my cross stitch stand I was blown away by the colors! The reds look pretty good together and the movement in the chart is just really nice looking. I've heard some people on Flosstube who work on HAED's say the same thing. Go away, come back, see your wip and wow! That confetti really paid off!

 So here is my progress:

Very pleased
 Unfortunately I forgot what fabric I am using! Sorry about that! If I can remember, I will tell you all. I know that it is a 28 count evenweave.

 Happy Stitching!

 Marisol
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