FOTF Color Guide: Goose a-Laying

Here are the colors to use for Goose a-Laying (#6 in the series) if you are making my Twelve Days ornaments with Felt On The Fly’s beautiful Emerald felt bundle.
Sewing pattern can be purchased here.

GOOSE:
Beak: Shrimp
Body: Malachite
Wing and Tail Feathers: Sprout
Wing Inset: Lemon Lime
Wing Flower: Deep Pink
(It’s actually Cerise, but Deep Pink works fine if you don’t have Cerise)
Neck Band: Sea Green
Nest: Olive
Straw A: Orange Red
Straw B: Deep Pink
Decorative embroidery floss:
DMC white B5200
DMC black 310 (eye)
(I also used an iridescent sequin behind the eye. If you don’t have a sequin, use white floss for the eye so it’s visible.)
DMC 934
DMC 943
DMC 166
DMC 906
DMC 720
DMC 892 (flower)EGG:
Front: Lemon Lime
Inset: Malachite
Decorative embroidery floss:
DMC white B5200
DMC 934
DMC 906
DMC 892
DMC 917

GOOSE BACK:
Body: Sea Green
(Upon reflection, I wish I’d used Sprout for the body back. I’ll just leave that here…)
Nest: Olive
Decorative embroidery floss:
DMC white B5200
DMC 934
EGG BACK:
Back: Sea Green
Decorative embroidery floss:
DMC white B5200
DMC 934

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