Little Xs

I picked up Anna Millet from Reflets de Soie last week. I felt that a monochrome project and one with a lot of letters in it would be an inspiring thing to try to get the stitching mojo back. I think that is working out. I have made some progress since last time I touched this

Before:

Now:

The progress looks smaller than I thought! Oh well. This is on a 46 ct Cedar River linen with Gloriana Florimel in Thistle Green. I plan to make a few touches here and there in gold.

This past weekend I took my son to move him into his college dorm. I did take Anna with me but didn’t have the bandwidth for 46 so I mostly worked on Mary Ellen Turner, which is in 36. I got a good deal done on the plane ride, the whole left border is now complete and more of the verse:

These photos are really dark but you get the idea. These 2 projects will be my main focus for Sampler September.

I also have some smalls lined up to work on…I couldn’t resist a Facebook Blackbird Designs SAL and while I feel it’s too late for the August assignment of ABCs, I have 3 bird projects for the September assignment. It will be hard to choose or maybe I’ll do them all! Seriously though these days there’s no telling what I will do. Stay tuned!