Peach and Blue by June Moes

Here we are in our Reno house!  Christmas is fast approaching & I just finished this last night - it is the last of the stitched gifts.  Yay!!  It still needs a few beads,but if I can't get them in time it will be fine without the beads.  This will be a top for a brown Betsy Box.

This is a Rainbow Gallery freebie by June Moes, called "Peach and Blue".  Well, I changed everything!  Not just the colors this time.  I used Leventine Blue canvas (instead of white) and changed all the threads & colors, AND "adjusted" a few of the stitches!  But I was able to stitch this completely from stash!

I used 2 Watercolours 018 and 189 (instead of Bravo), Frosty Rays Y045 (instead of Flair), #8 perle 3560 & 807(instead of Pebbly Perle), and #8 Kreinik 273 which wasn't called for at all.  Because my threads are mostly heavier than those that were called for, I had to make some adjustments to some of the stitches.  The biggest change was to the outer border, The design called for alternating  the Scotch stitches with a cross stitch variation.  I didn't care for the way it looked, so I just did alternating Scotches instead.  I really like the way it looks that way!

Keiko by Jim Wurth

"Keiko" by Jim Wurth for the Rainbow Gallery is my next "just for fun" project.
I purchased this as a kit from Scarlet Thread online. When it arrived I decided to change the purple threads to browns, and I changed the overdye also. I'm just not a Purple Person! By the way, Scarlet Threads was great to deal with!
I should have something stitched to show you in a few days.

Versailles

Versailles is another design from Rainbow Gallery. I was trying to go more monochromatic here, while still using my "Las Vegas Colors". I used Watercolors, Kreinik, Fyre Werks and floss & pearl cotton. It turned out pretty and I decided to put it on a box top and give it to friends for a wedding gift. I put a piece of copper sheeting behind the piece and it sparkles through really nice. I don't know what the copper stuff is! I got it in a craft store. It is not paper, it is like a very thin piece of metal, cut with scissors and flexible. The bride & groom loved it!

Amy's Garden

I'm going to be busy in the morning, so I will do this post now while I'm waiting for DH to be done working & ready to go to dinner.
Amy's Garden is a small design from Rainbow Gallery (it might be one of their freebies, I'm not sure). I used Watercolors, Kreinik, Floss and Pearl Cotton. It was a quick stitch and fit a white lacquered box. It is a very pretty addition to my guest room where it sits on the dresser. (Inside are a few little treats for guests, should they open it up!)

Windmills

Windmills is a design from Rainbow Gallery. It took quite awhile to stitch, longer than most of the others of this size. I used Watercolors, Kreinik, Pearl cotton, Floss and Neon Rays. It is pretty and goes well with the others.