Erica's Stitches

My latest project has a lot of yellow in it.  I think this is the most yellow I've ever used in one project. Don't worry, there will be plenty of other colors when it is finished. The project is called Colorado Collage by Caela Conn Tyler.  When finished it will be a map of Colorado.  There is a complicated array of graphs, charts and instructions.  And for once, I think I will be following them faithfully. I haven't done canvas work in a while and had to find my helping hand.  There it is up there holding down my canvas.  As I get back into it, I'm having more and more fun.  Each county uses different flosses and stitches.  It's almost like a Clue game.  But instead of "Mrs. White did it in the Lounge with the Candlestick" you have counties, stitches and floss.  I just finished Baca county (on the lower left).  Next I will be working on Weld county (upper right of the area stitched so far).  A quick look at the chart te...

The fall colors are starting to show even though it's still August.  The goldenrod are blooming. The wild sunflowers are blooming. Unidentified yellow-gold flowers are everywhere. Even leaves are beginning to turn. Of all the colors, yellow reminds me the most of the fall.  To me this golden color signals fall more than red, orange or brown. Normally I don't think about yellow much.  When I'm chosing colors yellow always seems to be on the bottom of the list.  My yellow crayon was always lasted the longest. Maybe sometime I'll think of the fall flowers and build a color scheme around them.