Well, our buddy, Phil, out in Punxsutawney, PA predicted six more weeks of winter yesterday, and I'm not happy about it. We've had plenty of snow already, thankyouverymuch, so I'm done. I'm ready for spring.
Oh, but funny thing. Today's another day with snow in the forecast. A winter storm warning was issued. This one's coming with ICE.
Yay.
Moving on from that wretched topic.
Friday, I stopped by my LNS to pick up my Quaker Christmas II. I am not even kidding you --- I may be slightly biased since I stitched this, but dear God --- this piece is STUNNING framed.
I apologize - this is not the greatest lighting - the only place I can get decent pics is in my dining room, with the piece laying on my table. The red is "Current" and the green is "Blue Spruce", both from Crescent Colours (which is now Classic Colorworks), and are the colors called for in the graph. They're both much deeper, richer Christmas colors than this picture can demonstrate.
When I brought the piece in to pick a frame, I was going back and forth with red frames, not really considering black. Then, we asked the framer for her opinion, and she suggested black to really bring out both the red and the green, and viola! This also happens to be one of my favorite frames - I got the same frame, just a different finish, for my Cricket Collection "Sleepy Hollow".
I mean, really. This frame. Perfect.
A close-up of the top portion of the piece ~ the "We Three Kings" motif is one of my favs ~~
And the "I Saw Three Ships" motif is also a fav ~~
Like the shop owner said, every time you look at it, you see something different!
This piece was SO fun to stitch (even though it took a LONG time, it's well worth the effort!!), so I encourage you all to put this in your "to stitch" pile!
Special thank you to Lise for framing this for me, since she wasn't in the shop when I picked it up so I could thank her in person! It's stunning! Thank you!
Stay warm, my friends, especially those of you out in the MidWest!!
