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Continue reading →: Floral
I have some catching up to do, clearly. But in the meantime — There has been a bit of knitting going on, but it's just too hot at the moment, and frankly, I am so thoroughly fascinated with antique samplers and samplers-in-the-antique-style that that is what has been absorbing my…
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Continue reading →: An English Cottage …
I come across this in a drawer every so often, the outer envelope getting more and more ragged as the years pass. After my first cross-stitch piece, I was on a mailing list, and got catalogs regularly — in one was this, a kit called simply "English Cottage Sampler". Being…
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Continue reading →: Stitching, Stitching
I am on the home stretch with the "Patience" sampler, with just a few more repeats of the green border, about half of the red flowers, and filling in the rest of the tiny landscape. I'm still getting a big kick out of it, the over-the-top-ness of those letters! (You…
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Continue reading →: The Pomegranate Sampler
The "Pomegranate Sampler" by Darlene O'Steen, from the May/June 1986 issue of "Just Cross Stitch" magazine. I think this is one of her earliest designs, which is all the more impressive, that she started off at this level of excellence. I enjoyed every moment of working this sampler — even…
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Continue reading →: Ukraine Solidarity
As a peaceful protest and as a sign of solidarity with the Ukrainian people, Antony of At the Point Studio has generously made this chart free to share as a stitch-along project. For details on the symbolism of the motifs and colors, inspired by traditional Ukrainian embroidery designs, and a…
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Continue reading →: Patience, Indeed …
This is the "Patience" sampler by Homespun Samplar, which I saw one day not long ago on a Pinterest list called something like "100 Best Samplers of All Time" — a rather sweeping claim, to be sure! — and I fell for it instantly. The blackwork, certainly, and something about…
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Long Time, No See
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Continue reading →: Long Time, No SeeOh dear, it has been a very long time indeed since I posted anything. In my defense, my computer — which was at least ten years old — has been fading fast this past year, and around Christmas-time the top row of the keyboard just stopped working. I debated with…
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Continue reading →: Pomegranates and Pinwheels
Linen and threads to start the "Pomegranate Sampler" by Darlene O'Steen — I'm looking forward to this very much! The linen is Weeks Dye Works' in "Cocoa" with a collection of threads from Weeks, Classic Colorworks, and Simply Shaker, converted from the DMC list on the chart. I'm also relieved…
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Continue reading →: Saturday
Not long ago, David needed to go down to San Diego to collect some tool or other that he was buying from a friend, and said, "Let's have a little road trip," and so he and I went to Temecula and visited the Temecula Quilt Company shop which has been…
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Continue reading →: Thoughts on the Basic (Baby) Blanket
This, at last, is the "Basic Blanket" from Simple Crochet for Cherished Babies by Jane Davis, which I have to say, was an utter pain most of the time I spent on it, but is very pretty now that it's finished and draped artfully over the arm of a sofa. …
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