WIP with a slight design problem

[dianec42]

I am working on a silly piece for the upcoming office gift exchange. It's a Maria Diaz design called "Vineyard Holiday" from a recent issue of The World of Cross Stitching. (Sorry I don't know which issue.)

I am leaving out the fields and house in the background. In the resulting space I'll put these words:

To Do Today:
__ Drink
__ Know things

Here's my progress so far:




I'm not at all happy with the green highlights in the glass. It would look fine with green fields behind it but as things stand it doesn't really make sense. I'm thinking of pulling out the green and replacing it with a very pale sky blue. Colour choices (existing green and proposed blue) are below the cut:




What do you think?

Comments

[fred_mouse]

If you hadn't pointed it out, I probably never would have noticed the green. If it isn't gelling with the rest of the picture, would it work to add a few other crosses in the areas where you have left out the background?