A Bunch of Small Weekend Finishes

Here is my Dragon Dreams' 2011 Compassion Dragon.  As noted in an earlier post I have tweaked this chart in order to please my three and a half year old granddaughter who thinks pink.  I changed two of the  red cotton flosses in the body of the dragon to pink and will be changing the gold horns and the maroon horns and tail "spade" to a Kreinik #4 braid in pink-gold.   As I stitched this, I was reminded that pink has never been one of the colorways I enjoyed.  But one does what one must for beloved grandchildren.  Now, I just have to find a nice fabric and some pretty trim to turn this little dragon into a glitzy little gift tote suitable for my little Princess of Pinkness.

Actually, to say I detest pink is something of an understatement.  It stems from my mother's practice of dressing me, a brunette, in pink and red and dressing my younger and blonde sister in the blues and greens I preferred.  It was a 1950s fashion dictum for children, apparently, and no matter how I pleaded, I was never allowed to dress in the wrong color.  Needless to say, once I got my first job at 16 and started buying my own clothes I never bought another pink or red item again.  I do have a few red gifts in my closet but I have never spent a penny on such items.  The closest I have come is purchasing some dusty rose or maroon [both with strong blue undertones] short sleeved sweaters.  Amazing, isn't it, how I can hold a grudge against an innocent color for more than 50 years?  Or maybe not so amazing when you consider my Irish and Sicilian heritage.

Next up is Thea Dueck [Victoria Samplers] Cardinal's Song Christmas Ornament.  Again, I used whatever stray flosses I had in my scrap bag and some more of the Meditation linen [it was a long narrow scrap]. Obviously, this will be finished as a Christmas ornament.

And finally, Michael Sayetta's Edwardian Elegance.  As with the Christmas ornament, I used the last of the Meditation linen and some Mill Hill beads, and Threadworx and Needle Necessities floss left over from other projects.    I am thinking of finishing this as a tiny pin pillow.