Red Plum is it!

I know you've all been holding your breath waiting for me to finalize the colors for my version of "Pigalle". Well, you can breathe again. I replaced GAST Black Raspberry Jam with GAST Red Plum. Did a couple of hours of stitching last night and I think it's good. Now I can just keep stitching. Lots of football and college basketball on this weekend, so I should make some progress.

My SoHRH is coming along too, but I forgot to take a picture of it this a.m. I worked on it while I was trying to find the right colors for "Pigalle". Maybe I'll get more done on it this weekend too.

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It Pays to have lots of WIPs

Rule No. 68: Always have a WIP for backup. (See Rule No. 67)

I was making great progress on "Pigalle" until I came to a spot where the Black Raspberry Jam GAST was called for. It looks very blah and I will once again be making some adjustments. Hence, the implementation of Rule No. 68.

Now, most of you know I'm a one-project-at-a-time girl and working on multiple projects makes my brain hurts. Well, either all of you right-brained stitchers with big piles of WIPs are sending those brain waves my way or menopause is really screwing me up. It occurred to me a couple of years ago that my unusual bouts of indecision might be hormonally induced, but now I'm convinced.

Anyway... I have put "Pigalle" down until I can come up with an acceptable substitute for Black Raspberry Jam. I've been working on SoHRH the last couple of nights and have made reasonable strides forward. And my brain is not taxed by all that creative stuff like color blending, contrast, etc. This is one of those things that makes you appreciate those geniuses that designs needlework. It's a lot of hard work.

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Wishy-Washy Me

Remember my good news/bad news situation wrt to "Pigalle"? My personalized version with blues and purples just didn't look right. So I went back to my stash and found some warm reds (just not orangy reds) that I could use. But I wasn't really excited about them.

Well, Julie left a comment suggesting that perhaps the problem was the Gold Leaf and maybe I should try a green. What a genius! I originally thought about a blue-green, but when I laid the colors out on what I had already stitched, I realized Julie was right. A goldish green was a better choice. So I have narrowed it down to two Sampler Threads: Celery and Avacado. I'm going to rip out the Gold Leaf "C" and experiment a little with both greens and see which I like better. It's so hard to tell how they're going to stitch up when you are looking at the full skein. Anyway, thanks so much, Julie, for taking the time to comment. You really helped me out.

So now I'm back to my original changes, if that makes any sense at all. In case you can't read the labels, here are my colors. Oh, and by the way, instead of black as the main contrast color, I chose DMC 939, an almost black navy blue.
GAST
Black Raspberry Jam
Briar Rose
Walnut
Hyacinth
Celery or Avacado

WDW
Dutch Iris

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