Home of a Needlworker Too finish

I am so excited to have finally stitched this LHN chart - Home of a Needleworker TOO.  I must have started it 3 or 4 times but I couldn't find the right floss and/or fabric to get it to feel right.  I set it aside thinking I would either have to order the recommended floss/fabric combination or never stitch it. 

I started thinking about a CCN chart called Liberty Lane that Rita/TX had stitched with her floss conversion - CLICK HERE to see her Liberty Lane finish.    The recommended floss creates a much softer, less patriotic look that you can SEE HERE

I tried RitaD/TX's floss colors for this chart and I couldn't stop stitching because I was so happy with the results.

This is stitched on 18 count White aida (don't ask me why it looks blue in the picture).  The Crescent Colors to DMC floss conversion is as follows:

Bamboo is 3865
Razzleberry is 3777
Old Blue Jeans is 3750
Brandied Pears is 420
Cocoa Bean is 3031
Hickory Sticks is 3371
Weeping Willow is 3052

Now that it is finished I think I should have used a little bit lighter brown instead of the DMC 3031 - there doesn't seem to be quite enough contrast between it and the 3371 but overall I am still very pleased with the end results.

Thank you so much to RitaD/TX for the idea and go HERE to visit her blog and see all of her pretty stitching.

As a man thinks in his heart, so is he. [Proverbs 23:7]