While we were out this afternoon, we drove up to the Hobby Lobby in Acworth. It's larger and much better stocked than the one near us. James was looking for a new airbrush and found just the one he wanted, but it's $100.00 (and that's after a 40 percent off coupon!). So he's looking at options. I went happily looking at fall foliage and Christmas decorations, but first stopped at the cross stitch aisle and was delighted to find the new DMC Color Combination threads. These are not "varigated" threads, which are usually all of one color but in different shades, but have the look of hand overdyed threads in mostly analogous colors. They had two different boxes of colors and I was about to get one with a coupon when I thought, "Hey, why should I get pink threads when I hate pink?" (There are at least four pink skeins). So for now I picked the colors I liked. I'll probably end up with the pinks anyway, since I'm a completist.

Here's the Color Variations Color Card. I got

4130, of course, since it looks like oak and red maple leaves
4150, which looks like oatmeal or pale beach sand
4200, just because I like the reds
4220, beautiful pastel blues
4050, which looks like a lawn in spring
4140, chocolates and caramels
4240, purples and blues like a mountain twilight
and
4030, which looks like the sea

The samples on the web page don't do them justice.

Ah, here's a list of the thread numbers and their names:

4010 Winter Sky
4020 Tropical Waters
4030 Monet's Garden
4040 Water Lilies
4050 Roaming Pastures
4060 Weeping Willow
4070 Autumn Leaves
4080 Daffodil Fields
4090 Golden Oasis
4100 Summer Breeze
4110 Sunrise
4120 Tropical Sunset
4130 Chilean Sunset
4140 Driftwood
4150 Desert Sand
4160 Glistening Pearls
4170 Whispering Wind
4180 Rose Petals
4190 Ocean Coral
4200 Wild Fire
4210 Radiant Ruby
4220 Lavender Fields
4230 Crystal Water
4240 Midsummer Night

Chilean Sunset? Chilean sunsets look like autumn oak and red maple leaves???

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