A New Start

Yes, I finished The Cranberry Sampler! Woohoo! It should be framed within the week. And yes, of course, I'll post pictures.

So rather than cruise through my stash, I chose Prairie Moon's "Red and Black II". It's a very striking piece, but I hope I don't go nuts stitching with black for the next several weeks! I did change the red. The original was a little too orange for my tastes.

Tweet

Sometimes You Just Have to Stitch Out of the Box

You may or may not know that I favor cool colors like blues, pinks, purples, emerald greens, etc.  I work part time at Angelwing Needlearts, my local needlework shop.  Donna, the owner, and I have totally different tastes in colors. She loves gold and brown and olive and lime, etc. It's become somewhat of a shop adjective when talking to the regular customers...'Oh, this yarn is a Donna color' or 'don't you love these Tommye colors?'.

So my choice of colors for the Star Sampler SAL by Periphaeria Designs is waaaaaay out of the box for me.  And I love they way they work together. I can't remember the name of the hand dyed linen (36 count), but it's such a rich gold color. I chosed Kelp Waterlilies from the Caron Collection as the main color. My initial choice for a contrasting color turned out to be too close to one of the browns in the Kelp, so I changed it to a orangy-brown Splendor that I never would have considered until I started stitching the piece. Just proves that you cannot accurately predict how overdyed floss is going to work out. But as soon as I filled in that one little spot, I new it was the right choice!

Tweet

I Could Stare at This One All Day!

You might remember that I was a little apprehensive about choosing and mapping out the colors on this piece since it was charted as a monochromatic one. Well, after a few minor adjustments as I went along, it is finished and I love it! Don't have any idea when I'll get around to framing it but when I do I'll have to rearrange the 35-40 samplers in my living room/dining room to find just the right place to hang it.

It is an original design by Ute Scheer, Studio of Historical Samplers,  inspired by photos of Moroccan samplers in a book of samplers from the V&A museum. I stitched mine on 40 count cream linen using Splendor silk floss. The finished design is 11" x 23.5" (17.9cm x 59.7cm)

Tweet

Mary Wigham weekend

Well, this was the weekend for the July SAL on one of my Facebook groups, so I worked on Mary Wigham all weekend. Unfortunately, there were several unstitching incidents so I didn't get as far as I wanted to. But I am almost caught up with the downloads. Maybe I should slow down so I don't get ahead...NOT.

For those who haven't seen it before, I'm working on 36 count Flax linen with Splendor 833 (dark green). I may have to go into a third skein...not sure yet.

Tweet