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A blackwork sampler (my first). The design adapted from my old Collins Complete Book of Needlecraft (1978,1981) and some technique help from The Complete Book of Needlecrafts introduced by Caroline Ollard (1983,1984). I'm going to work the design on mulberry coloured Belfast linen (32 counts per inch) in black cotton. Probably blogged at: www.handledcarefully.blogspot.com
WARNING: THIS BARN CONTAINS
* Some cows that can beat you till you beg for mercy
* Horses that are gigantic
* A dog that looks like a polar bear
* A woman who is probably stronger than any other gals you've seen.
Pob and I have decided to create a mural on one of the walls in the study. Its a narrow wall and the mural will sort of be a "family portrait"
The scene: 2 dogs and a cat looking up at a tree where an owl is sitting on a branch and the sun beaming down. The cat and 2 dogs will represent our pets Mango the cat, Toffie the staffy and Kobie the red heeler.
Pob's surname in english translates to owl and mine translates to rays of the sun hence the owl and the sun =D
We have another lil abstract stencil pn the bottom of our feature wall in the lounge. Here 's the "in progress" shot and If you really look hard its supposed to be the eyes and beak of an owl and a half sun and its rays (we didnt want it to be tooo obvious so i guess you would have to look *really* hard haha). I guess we're carrying a bit of a theme to the study.
We've never done a mural however if/when we have kids we've always wanted to do a mural for the nursery. I guess this will be the test run, if it ends up heaps fugly I guess we can just paint over it =D