'Ocean Dreams' by Jim Warren

[Solana]

I have a break in animal cross-stitches, so my next work will be another oceanic treasure. It was hard to decide which pattern to do next, but this one won-

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This one will be similar in size to the Ecco Atlantis stage, but will be on 25 count Aida and have twice as many colors, so will likely take years. I had about 60% of the colors on hand already from past projects.

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[Solana]

Technically I have a quick request from a friend. He had seen a great sign in his friend's house about accepting transgender and nonbinary people (and is himself a transman) so I'm going to stitch the phrasing for him on black Aida cloth in the trans flag colors. I found a site that has a few free fonts to make the pattern and already had the colors.

[Solana]

That one is done. I've been having troubles with the original cloth order for this big one, so grabbed an opalescent white cloth with a slightly lower count to use instead. The shining threads will be lovely behind the sky and water, and even 20 count has been an adjustment. 25 would be very hard to see.

[Solana]

One page of pattern done, thirty-one to go.

[Solana]

Two down, and it's actually thirty-four to go.