Cooling Off

This tiny mermaid was a cool stitch in our extreme summer weather.
It is for the ODW stitch on 123 Message Board for January. A freebie design from
http://lysator.liu.se/~offe/kors/fantasy/bilder/mermaid2.gif

Resuming Stitching on Mother's Tree

"Mother's Tree" designed  by  Marilyn Leavitt-Imblum
I have chosen to stitch the married names of each woman I am descended from.  Thank you to my Mother for the family history information.

I stitched in a variegated thread by Jennifer Gail from the UK.  When this was no longer available,  I had to pull out the tree part of the design.
I have made some progress with new choice of thread.   I am using a Cottage Garden Thread "Oregano" for the tree, which is hand dyed in Australia.
Last year i had cataract operations also,  which meant time off stitching.

My aim is to finish in 2020.