Heidi, the fabric is Polstitches Dawn Chorus....from back in my model-stitching days. 

Vanessa, yes I stitch under a daylight lamp, but I looked at it under my normal home light
as well and didn't like how it looked any better.  I think the problem is a combination of
two things.  One, I am super color sensitive.  Like, some people could be tempted to call
me OCD about it.  Two, as it is one of my favorite pieces of fabic, I want to make sure I
stitch the perfect picture on it.

Which has brought me to my last point.  I *think* I am going to try a color conversion
of Red, and use the same fabric.  Leave it to me to choose a berry color, but I really do
love the cooler shades.  Of course, this whole very short episode got me so frustrated
that I decided to stitch a small easy non-mira pattern right now, so I will wait until I'm
done with that to tackle it.    I'm about 5 days into this project and only have a few
more to go.

Thanks for the encouragement though.  I think I had just come off of a pretty stressful
week, and I needed to take a breather.



* Christy *
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2013:  "Bliss Fairy", "Lady Of Shallot" (Teresa Wentzler), "Ladybird" (JE)

2012:   "Mediterraneo" (Passione Ricamo), "Crescent Moon/Girl" (Mirabilia),
"Enchanted Dreamer", "Crystal Symphony", "Waterlily", "Lilac"

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