In a Holding Pattern, Sort Of

Except for the initials of the bride and groom, the sampler is finished and just waiting. 
I have added a lineage in the margin which will not show when it is framed to show my relationship to the groom. 
Yesterday I selected and ordered the mats and frame.  It was difficult to select the mats because there are not many peaches and apricots in the mats. 

Progress on my long overdue First Stitches is slow and only going to become slower. 
The row of square eyelets takes up some extra space that appeared after I made some modifications in the sampler bands.  I will most likely add something between the groups but will wait to make a decision until I have seen the finished sampler. 
From this row of pansies on, there will be no significant changes. 

Unfortunately, I will be setting this long suffering UFO aside for a few weeks.  My editor at Just Cross Stitch is sending me a little project with a very short turnaround time.  You know that I cannot share it with you until it has been published.  My blog entries will be a little thin after the packet arrives. 

Before I found out about the new project from JCS, I selected a new project to work until I got the initials for the wedding sampler. 
I had already taken a picture of it to share with you. 

I will start with Blue Carnations from Victoria Sampler.  It is going to become a birth sampler.  The colors that I will use are the same ones I used to make a birth sampler for each of her older sisters.