Apr 10, 2013

WHAT COLORS ARE THE FLOWERS IN YOUR WORLD?

Oey.  I was so excited (and yet sad at the same time...how does THAT happen) to approach the finish line of Bargello Egg.  There I was, stitching away in the Happy Chair while whistling a happy tune, when it suddenly dawned on me that I stitched the flowers in the wrong color.

Brown.

I stitched brown flowers.

Who DOES that?

So after a hot bath and and a little dietCoke for sustenance, I'm headed back to said Happy Chair armed with the proper YELLOW thread.

Uh........duh.

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23 comments:

  1. PennyApril 10, 2013 at 3:11 PM

    Hah!! Funny..... and it sounds like something I would do.... but the stitchery is BEAUTIFUL even with brown flowers!!
    Your posts always make me chuckle.... maybe b/c it's reassuring to know that we all do silly things...
    So don't feel too bad, Coni, there's lots of us out there.... :)

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  2. BFromMApril 10, 2013 at 3:21 PM

    I blame the bunny! He probably was sending out brown thread vibes, hoping you would stitch him more bunny friends.

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  3. ginnytApril 10, 2013 at 3:31 PM

    so pretty!!!

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  4. KevinApril 10, 2013 at 3:31 PM

    Oh no! Well, if it makes you feel better, flowers that I would be growing or tending would probably be brown!! Lol! Yes, I'm not very good with plants of the flowering variety! Green plants I seem to be able to avoid killing - but flowers? Forget it! Looking forward to your yellow flowers. The egg and Bargello stitching are beautiful!

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  5. geeky HeatherApril 10, 2013 at 4:09 PM

    CHOCOLATE FLOWERS!!! Eggscellent!

    Spring a little slow in coming to your neck of the woods, is it??

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  6. PaisleyApril 10, 2013 at 4:35 PM

    I stitched navy blue trunks on trees once. It wasn't until I was stitching the green leaves that I realized something wasn't quite right.

    Love your bargello egg! Very pretty colors!

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  7. gracieApril 10, 2013 at 4:42 PM

    What? there are no brown flowers? It looks lovely anyway you stitch it!

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  8. JudyApril 10, 2013 at 6:29 PM

    Coni the color really pops. I know we don't grow brown flowers, but the beauty of needlepoint is that it belongs to you and you can do what you want with it! The deep color might be a nice option! Love your blog!

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  9. AnonymousApril 10, 2013 at 6:38 PM

    Coni, it's gorgeous! And it's a FINISH! Brown flowers or not, I think you might be finding your way back! Thank you so much for sharing this because I also do this kind of thing but I usually avoid telling anyone! It's hard sometimes not to "zen out". You just made it okay. What a relief! Luv ya, Sue

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  10. Anna van SchurmanApril 10, 2013 at 8:48 PM

    Just for you, dear sweet Coni, brown flowers. Scroll down to the fourth picture. At the illustrious Longwood Gardens no less. Brown Flowers.

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  11. pamelaricApril 10, 2013 at 10:29 PM

    What do you mean no brown flowers? My yard is full of them!! I have a brown thumb. :-( I like the idea of chocolate flowers though.
    Pamela
    Tucson, AZ

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  12. DanielleApril 11, 2013 at 7:50 AM

    Haha. That gave me a little chuckle, but sounds like something I would totally do. I just started the Pink Egg in Laura J. Perin's Easter Eggs set yesterday!

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  13. ChristinaApril 11, 2013 at 8:54 AM

    There are brown flowers out there and not the dead dried up kind either. I have seen a whole garden done and I believe they were called chocolate flowers. I'm sure the yellow will look lovely too. ;)

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  14. AnonymousApril 11, 2013 at 10:08 AM

    Well right now in Wisconsin everything looks like those flowers! Where the h*** is spring? Love your blog!

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  15. VickieApril 11, 2013 at 10:30 AM

    I actually grow some brown flowers in my chocolate garden. But yes, the yellow will be beautiful. That egg is Wowie Zowie!! Love it.

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  16. KarolineApril 11, 2013 at 10:44 AM

    Your egg is very lovely, even if the flowers are the wrong colour

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  17. Elisa ReynozoApril 11, 2013 at 3:25 PM

    I like it, it is a great focal point and appealing.

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  18. MartyGApril 11, 2013 at 9:34 PM

    I would blame the bunny. I am sure after you stitched him, you just kept going. Really lovely egg. Now I have the urge to bite the ears off a chocolate bunny.

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  19. ~mj~April 11, 2013 at 11:33 PM

    The egg is so pretty, and lol at brown flowers! I can laugh because I just stitched a whole row of Montenegrin over three in the wrong colour on my sampler. Er.hem. :D

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  20. KayApril 12, 2013 at 6:04 AM

    It will be just gorgeous, and at least you made me laugh.

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  21. SkysmylimitApril 12, 2013 at 9:20 AM

    Don't do it, Coni! They're chocolate and are appetizer bits before you start nibbling on the chocolate bunny!

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  22. MelindaApril 12, 2013 at 1:14 PM

    In a class with teacher Debbie Forney at an ANG seminar, I was happily stitching a flower with black thread instead of red. Didn't notice it at all until Debbie asked me if I'd meant to do that. LOL

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