Project 5: Color Coded

I needed a way to be able to see all the colors of embroidery floss that I had, so I took a nice gift box someone gave me and a lot of cereal boxes and solved my problem.

 

It's not perfect, because color can't be arranged along one axis like that, but it serves my purposes. Well, I can't rearrange swatches quite as easily when finding a collection to use, unfortunately, but at least I know all of what I've got. The extra space is well utilized for my thread scissors, extra thread cards, and whatever colors I've pulled out for my current/next project.

Project 3: 99 Problems

But this cross-stitch ain't one, finally.

(Actually, this was done some time ago, like, maybe even a whole week ago, but things got a little hairy there for a little while.)

It's a present for Scott, for Giftmas, and it's also my very first cross-stitch.

It's not framed yet, obvs. (like I'm that on top of things? I have things still in their shipping envelopes for want of a frame.)

The quote is a play on "The Rum Tum Tugger is a curious cat" line from Cats,  as sung by Scott to our two kitties. The pawprints play on another line he frequently says, regarding Ada's pink pawpads.

I'm super pleased by it, and want to do more. I've accumulated quite a Pinterest board about it!