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Sunday, May 26, 2013

A Brief Progress Update

Working slow but steady.
Here I was about to rip out the window treatment/drapes/curtain and replace it with the color on the spool.
Im hoping to add a few more stitches today's evening.


Here is my daughter's progress.
She says she is really enjoying stitching on her sampler and learning new stitches. She got the French-Knot down on her 1st try!!!


My perlé cotton stash grew considerably do to this sampler ;-)! Im using Finca Presencia in size 8.

Dd is using her Sublime Stitching thread.

With that I leave you until next time.
Have a great week ahead!

Saturday, May 4, 2013

Barney Park Sampler


Dd & I started another stitching-along! We are working on one of Charlotte Lyons' samplers; Barney Park.
Our goal is to have it finished or close to being finished by the end of June.
We haven't made much progress but we are enjoying stitching together. Dd already learned another stitch!

Dd's dollies came to admire her work and from what I overheard, they were really impressed!

So far, I've been leaning towards earthy, soft neutrals and a few cooler tones. I needed a change of pace! There are others stitching-along with us, definitely encouraging to be able to admire each others work, see their choices of pattern/sampler, thread colors, stitches, etc., plus cheer one another up!

I have a few other Charlotte Lyons' samplers that I'm hoping to incorporate into a scrappy quilt when I'm done stitching all of them. Dd has similar plans... she too has a few other samplers that her embroidery enabler mommy got for her 'cause she liked them.... and I love nurturing her interest in hand embroidery in every single way possible!

Finding the time to do what you love,... oh, how rewarding!
Have a great weekend!
(Notes: Charlotte Lyons Etsy & Blog.)