Thank you, Sue Spargo. It's Just What I Needed!

I found I've been needing

a little change of pace.

I had been thinking about

finding an interesting wool project 

to work on.

A couple weeks ago

Sue Spargo started a free

project called the Tone - Down Sampler

on Instagram.

Sounded lovely.

I found the perfect soft pastel wools

in my wool bins, cut out 30- 1 3/4" circles

and whipped them onto a piece of neutral colored linen.

Sue's project has smaller circles placed 

on a wool background and she is

sharing 90 circle designs!

I knew my attention span and my skill level

would be challenged by that.

So I took the idea and made it fit me.

I ordered a few more of Sue's wonderful

Eleganza Perle Cotton thread from her shop.

Yes, they are shipping and 

I needed a treat in the mail.

Before we had more snow last week,

I sat outside and got organized.

Don't you love theses old lunch boxes!

Some of Sue's Eleganza Perle Cotton

in the #8, #5, and #3 weight

and some DMC Perle Cotton

in #8, and #5 weight

Who could resist

 a couple spools of Razzle and Dazzle 

threads to add just a bit

of sparkle and bling.

I could have ordered a lot more

and maybe, as I'm working on my circles 

I might just do that!

Because I'm working with fewer circles

in my sampler, I've been picking and choosing

which designs to do.

Sue' has daily videos that accompany

each new design and stitches.

They're wonderful,

 showing you exactly

how to do the new stitches for the day.

I've never been able to take a class from Sue,

but I can tell she has lots of patience.

She repeats and explains things clearly

in her soft soothing voice.

Some embroidery stitches are fairly easy

while others are more challenging.

Yet each gives me an opportunity

to be creative and

an opportunity to

 practice all those awesome stitches,

as well as to play with color and texture.

This project is

just what I needed to spice life up.

26 more circles to go.

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Just a photo from the weekend.

Anyone else found this to be a very unusual Easter holiday?

Until Next Time-

Kyle