Some more fall stitching

Last year I decided that La D Da's Pumpkins Three would make a good car project during our fall road trips to College of Wooster cross country meets.  So I stitched it for a while, then XC season ended and this sweet little design never found its way out of the bag again.

To be honest, it was a project I grabbed last year and threw into a bag without much preparation.  I wanted some larger count fabric and I had some 28ct. white linen, and I had a couple skeins of DMC variegated floss and I figured I was good to go.  Even though later on I wasn't really crazy about my fabric and thread choices, the design was still nice enough that I picked it up again this year and kept at it.  And I finished it yesterday - a perfectly dreary afternoon with lots of football to keep me company.

Except I still wasn't in love with the color.

 

So I decided to experiment, and I gave the whole thing a bath in water that I had boiled with onion skins. (thanks Pinterest!)  I like these colors much better.  It's hard to see in my photos, but that stark whiteness is gone and it toned down the DMC a little, too.

Earlier in the week I had finished stitching another Halloween kit, too.  Here it is, ready to be made into something - either a flat fold or a pinkeep style ornament. 

So I guess it's time to find another car project.  Because we're still driving around Ohio, watching this girl run on several Saturdays.  I marvel that she's coming to the end of her college cross country career...  Dave and I couldn't be more proud. 

Atta girl, Colleen!