Slow Stitching with Frank

Last week, I showed my next hand stitching project--a cross stitch picture based on the Tree of Life stained glass window by Frank Lloyd Wright. 

 

Confession:  I did not get much slow stitching done this past week. I organized my thread and then spent a few days looking for my embroidery hoop so I could do some stitching...I finally found the hoop today and started stitching! My aunt used to do petit point and she always organized her threads this way. I used a hole punch and made 6 holes along the side of the cardboard. I separated the threads by colour and labelled the symbols and colour names by each hole. Is this the way other people do this?  Many years ago when my go-to stitching project was cross stitch, I just copied my aunt's method and have never considered other ways to organize the threads.

 This afternoon, I did some stitching in the gazebo under the supervision of Skye, my dog-nephew, who is visiting for a few days while his family is on vacation. Skye likes to be wherever we are--reminds me of that song, "Me and My Shadow."

We have been going for lots of walks in an attempt to use up some of Skye's boundless energy.  All I can say is that this strategy is not working!  He is always up for a game of ball.

Here is my progress so far.  I hope to work on this some more before the weekend is over.