First Update for Morning Song

As promised here is the first showing of Just Nan's Morning Song, kindly traded by Sally. I still have to stitch the sun up above and to the left of the weather vane, but I only have a couple of thread lengths of that particular colour so I'll try and get some more this weekend. I'm stitching this piece on 32ct platinum, one of the FQ I received in my stash bundle. It's charted for 28ct but I do prefer to stitch on 32ct and the sheep charm doesn't look gigantic on it, so 32ct it is.

Talking of the recent stash, my post prompted a question from Judy

I'm always interested in what types of fabric stitchers like to have on hand for their projects. Do you like to order the fabrics that are called for for each project you do or do you just have favourite types and colours that you like to
keep on hand and use regardless of what's called for on the chart???

First of all I would say that in the UK the choice is fairly limited compared to the USA, although I much prefer to stitch on Zweigart products, that are readily available, so that is not so much of an issue for me. I'm not into hand-dyed linens, I'm just a plain-jane kind of gal. I'm afraid I'm not very adventurous. If it's a large project then I will usually try and stitch on whatever the chart recommends. I do have whites and some neutral colours to hand but the stash enhancement last week doubled my amount. Smaller projects, exchanges, gifts and the like I tend to try and use up the left-overs I have and just colour-match as best I can.