Shopping Day.

I finally decided to go ahead and order the Valdani threads needed for the Sunflower Fairy. I'm going to substitute two of the colors with my own threads, though- plain DMC for the fairy's skin (probably 948), because I hate using varigated floss for skin. It always looks blotchy to me! The other color will be a similar thread from Crescent Colors. The chart needs so little of the color (the magenta/purple) that it's not worth $3 for a skein of thread I'll never use again!

Here is the Fairy:



It will be at least 2 weeks before the threads arrive. When they do, I'll start stitching right away!

I also picked up the Peony Pixie. It will be a while before I get to it, but I just wanted to have it in my stash!

This week I'm going to start and hopefully finish the "Graduation" chart. I want to be sure to get it framed before my nephew's graduation in June!

I'll still be working on my teapots and Shakespeare's Fairies bit by bit, as well...