DMC Coton a Broder 25 caught my eye. I have used it once, many moons ago and in terms of my white stitching decided to continue with the Coton a Broder 16. In terms of thickness the 16 suits me. Colour however is another matter. I have always mostly used stranded cottons for adding colour to my work, that was before the shade card you saw yesterday came into my life. Well I can resist anything but temptation....so a few skeins have been purchased and I'm sure that as I grow to love them the collection will be added to.
A quick word about the lace in the first image. The off white lace was purchased in San Francisco some time ago. I used some of that when I made my daughters wedding bag. The remainder will be saved for anything equally as special which may or may not arise in the future. The white lace alongside it was extremely expensive, ( I only have about 18 inches of that) That piece is also being saved for something special in the future. I can't remember the name of the shop where I bought it apart from it was in Soho. And the reason I have those out today? I was using them to illustrate a point in class but who needs a reason anyway, it's good to just aimlessly gaze sometimes!