I've finished the Reindeer and started on JBW Designs' The Queen Bee. This one will be a little bigger at 2.5". The needle pictured is a Bohin #28 to give some sense of scale.
 Stitched with Inca Gold and Olivine. | 
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 Stitched with Cocolat | |
I've finished up with my samples using Northern Lights and Olivine. I has have an early photo of what I'm working on for the Cocolat. This is the continuation of working some of Judy at JBW Designs, lovely little tone-on-tone designs.
 French Country Bunny - #167 |  Stitched with Northern Lights |
 French Country Pear - #169 |  Stitched with Olivine |
 French Country V - #159 |  Work in progress with Cocolat |
 Inca Gold |  Carmine Rose |
Here are the final two colors in Series #1. The blue is called Northern Lights (thanks to Janice @ Traditional Stitches for the name). The brown is called Cocolat - an homage to one of both Anne (Gloriana Threads) and Cathe's favorite chocolate shops in Berkeley (long since gone).
plan to send the Northern Lights in late March/early April and Cocolat in late April/early May.If you look at the JBW Alphabet Pumpkin in the photos of a previous post you'll see the Cocolat as the stem (and the Olivine as a tiny vine).
Here is the set of Series #1 colors (remember, photos online never do them justice).
Here are two lovely little JBW Designs perfect for stitching with Soie Surfine. Both are stitched over one one 40 count Graziano Ricamo Ivory. I like this particular fabric for over one with the Soie Surfine because it's a dense bodied fabric. The pieces are very small, when I cut the fabric I stitched the Amour design on a piece 3x4 and just held it in my hand. The pumpkin was just a slightly larger piece of fabric at 4x4. I've not yet decided how to finish them off, I may turn them into a fob or one of my soldered necklaces. Time will tell. But I thought you would enjoy seeing more samples of what you can do with your hand-dyed Soie Surfine from the Society of Soie Surfine!
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| JBW French Country Amour #179 | 1 1/8" x 1 1/4" Stitched with Carmine Rose |
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| JBW Alphabet Pumpkin #201 | 1 5/8" x 1 1/8" Stitched with Inca Gold |
With delays in getting fabric and the holidays we're behind on our schedule for the next thread color and fabric. But both are in the dyeing queue! We have received some of the third color - Inca Gold and some of the fabric - Society Charm. It will be awhile before they are sent to all the member shops as we get remaining thread and fabric dyed and packaged. But here's a preview to whet your appetite!
 Inca Gold - 100yd skein |  Inca Gold packages on a ring |
 Society Charm fabric 40 count |  Society Charm with Carmine Rose, Olivine & Inca Gold |
The fabric is a Vintage color so has some mottling in it. There is a slight redish-brown cast to it, which works well with the colors in Series #1. Society members will be able to order extra fabric during Series #1 so once you get your fabric you can order more if you fall in love with it. We certainly think it's a winner!
The first skeins of Olivine have been sent to Acorns & Threads, Attic Needlework and Stitchville USA. So if you're getting your subscription from one of these Society Member Shops they should have them in the next few days. We hope the remaining to Society Member Shops (Needle In A Haystack and Traditional Stitches) will have their skeins around the middle of December. Soie Surfine is a somewhat labor intensive thread to dye and package and it always seems to take longer than we think it will. We know it's worth the wait!
We're happy to let you know that our second color - Olivine, is in the process of being packaged. We will be doing this in batches as happened with Carmine Rose since not all of it is dyed right now. But we hope it available to all Society Member Shops in the next 2-3 weeks. The good news is, it's in progress so it won't be too much longer now. To whet your appetite for this lovely color here is a photo of one of the skeins. This is a medium light to medium yellow green that works nicely with Carmine Rose (and with our samples of the remaining 3 colors yet to be dyed).
