Papillion part 9 and my WIP

Here we go....this is what kicked me over into Serial Starterdom. I won these samplers I think last year sometime during the Online needlework show and have been waiting for the right time to stitch them. Now that I have some of these hand-dyed aida - it seems the time is now. I managed to stitch all the alphabet for the winter sampler in one evening - so theory is, the set of 4 should not take me long at all. (A wonderful thing theory is!)

Here is a closeup of part 9 of the Papillion 2008 SAL - why it took so long to get this itty bitty bit done; I really cannot answer. I ran out of time before I could stitch much of part 10 - the colour is pretty much correct here too. Sometimes it is so hard to get the right colour out of the camera. Here is what I have stitched so far, on a funny angle, because it's draped over the back of the chair. Not quite enough light coming through the window to get it properly, but I'm sure you get the idea.