I put another almost 700 stitches into the second Blue Macaw, and he still doesn’t look like a whole lot of anything. I moved on to add a bit to the cactus and just needed a break. After really considering my options, I decided that having a second project was actually ok. Not a dozen, three dozen or a hundred, but being able to do something a bit different might not be bad.
A number of years ago, Nora Corbett did a series called Bewitching Pixies. I picked them up at the time but have only stitched Mari to this point. Rolling the die, Cleo came up. At about 5000 stitches, she is one of the smallest. I already had a 32 ct linen tucked away which I think just might be Vintage Country Mocha. There are only a dozen DMC colors and three bead colors.
The black is the back of her skirt. There are purples and various shades of teal. Just that little bit is 26%. with few color changes and mostly block stitching, this will go fast, till I get to the back-stitching and beads.
