30th January Project-Start

Good Morning Ladies and Gentleman!  Happy Monday to all of you :)  It was a great weekend, some stitching and alot of adventures.  I have to be honest with last nights start, I was a little lazy last night.  I am getting a little more preoccupied with my duties of work- instead of projects.  (Which is more important of course)  My choice for the 30th project this month was from The Essamplaire- MSD 1735 A Nuremberg Sampler.

Where did the laziness come in?  I only chose 3 colors so far for this piece, I knew that she was going to get the short end of the stick in the progress department, and also I need to get more silks.  The colors as I mentioned before, the good ones anyway, are in high demand for several projects and I didnt feel like rummaging through other starts to see what I would need.  I will end up working on the rest of this conversion on my next break from work :).  But, to get her going, I did choose the border color and its all that really needed to be decided on.  But, I did have 2 pieces of linen I was thinking about for her, and it was between Lakeside Vintage Porcelain and Vintage Maritime White.  That is where the blue skein comes in, (in the picture) Iwanted to see what some of the colors would look like on either piece. All the colors I normally choose would look great on either one, but the blue pushed me into choosing Vintage Porcelain.  I love love love this color.  So very crisp, without being to stark or bright.  Creamy enough that the colors pop. 

I stitched 4 yards of silk already into the border and added a hint of the 2nd color as you can see.  I think the colors are a good start for now.  I am thrilled that I dont change my mind too often on colors and choices are made wisely.
So the last post of my challenge will be tomorrow, and I am excited to show you the next and final project for the Crazy Challenge January.  I am positive I will have other new starts this year, because that is the nature of this beast.  I have chosen the final pattern and the linen, now for another conversion.  Do you know how tiring conversions can be?!  LOL.  It will be worth it.  I am glad to have started what I did this year, otherwise they just lay in the drawer, waiting to be chosen year after year.  Until tomorrow!!!