Saturday, January 03, 2015

DUCJC : Days 1 - 3

The start of a new year and the start to DUCJC (Debbie's Ultimate Crazy January Challenge). 

I am attempting to do this challenge using only materials and kits I have on hand - with patterns I currently own, freebie patterns, or gifted patterns and kits.  The only exception I will make is floss (as needed). 

For Day 1: I selected a cute little Quaker freebie to stitch.   I chose to stitch this in shades of blue and green on 14 ct Aida.
Quaker (freebie)
http://gazette94.blogspot.com/2008/05/grille-gratuite-01.html

For Day 2: I selected another cute little Quaker freebie to stitch.  I am stitching this one on 18 ct oatmeal Aida with burgandy and dark green vintage floss.
http://thestitcherhood.com/
And for Day 3: What? Another Quaker pattern?  This one is called "Simple Blessings" by Sandy Orton.  As you can see, I am stitching this one in red and black instead of all red.  I think it will look terrific.  This is being stitched on 16 ct ivory Aida.
This Sandy Orton pattern can be found in this book:

That's it for my new starts so far.  I will keep my DUCJC 2015 page updated each day and I will add a new progress post every few days.


9 comments:

  1. Love all your new starts Cheryl. I really like your floss choices. Is the last one red and black or red and green?

    Linda

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    1. Thanks Linda. Oh, it's red and black, just poor lighting for the photo - it's been raining in Atlanta for a couple of days straight.

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  2. Beautiful new starts:)

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  3. Lovely new starts and I really like your colour changes.

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  4. Quaker designs are always so lovely, nice colour choices you made for yours.

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  5. Gorgeous new starts. I never used to like Quaker designs but they have really grown on me over the last couple of years.

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  6. Oh, Simple Blessings is going to be phenomenal when finished. I'm not sure if I'd stitch a Quaker pattern to stitch myself, but they are so fun to watch grow. :D

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  7. Great new starts! Looking forward to keeping up with your projects.

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  8. Nice starts. I've got a quaker head on at the moment too so will enjoy watching these grow.

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