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I ditched the threads I’d gathered for Tumbling Stripes in favor of DMC cotton floss. The first batch just didn’t look right to me when I went back to start the project, Tumbling Stripes by Marilyn Owen.

My floss has a better selection of light, medium, and dark yellows and blues. So, I matched the yellow Petite Sparkle Rays to 445, 307, and 444, and the blue Silk Lame Braid to 800, 797, and 820. I included yellow because Jacqui, who is leading this for the ANG New Jersey Needle Artists chapter, has a Zoom talk, Why You Need Yellow in Your Life, which we enjoyed a while ago.

Our assignment this month was to select threads and baste. Well, I don’t like basting. So, I stitched the blank faces of the cubes first. They are actually the last step before the borders, but they line up with the stripes. Since I am doing this as an ornament, I will have to round it out after the stripes are all completed with the same light yellow thread.

Because I am stitching on Congress Cloth, I am using one less strand than suggested for 18 count canvas. I am all ready for February’s meeting next Wednesday night (thanks, Cathryn for reading my blog and letting me know about the date change for February; I even updated the NJNA website but not my calendar).