All this year I have used Caron's "Wildflowers" thread as a major component to each piece I've punched. Recently, I was wandering around my local needlework shop and realized that Caron makes two other threads -- "Waterlilies" and "Watercolours" and they come in the same color combinations as that of the "Wildflowers" thread.
"Rainforest"
"Waterlilies" is 12 ply silk thread - a bit pricey but who can resist? This thread comes from Italy but is handpainted in the US. "Watercolours" thread is 3 ply pima cotton, also handpainted. My beloved "Wildflowers" is hand-dyed cotton.
"Copper"
I love the fact that because they are each a different texture and hue I can use the same color name but achieve subtle effects.
Just looking at these laying here on my worktable makes my fingers itch to get creating.
"Always the beautiful answer who asks a more beautiful question." - e. e. cummings
Here are a few of the completed bracelets that I've been working on. Its really been fun and if I wasn't on a time deadline it would be very enjoyable. I do think, however, that working on a timeline sometimes gives greater excitement to the completion because with each one finished I smile and say 'I did it'!!
I've loved working with the various colors -- some, of course, are more special to me than others -- but I've also tried to combine colors that I might not often try. Hopefully those will appeal also. Come to think about it, are there any bad colors? Of course not!
I've used Caron's Wildflower threads as my color companion and from those beautiful combinations I've added embroidery floss to coordinate the colors. The fun part has been the decorating. I've dug into my stash, once again, and come up with fibers and beads and buttons and such in order to 'dress' up each bracelet.
"All things will be produced in superior quantity and quality, and with greater ease, when each man works at a single occupation, in accordance with his natural gifts, and at the right moment, without meddling with anything else". - Plato
