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Un sampler fait pour la mère d'une amie à l'occasion de la fête des mères. Le top rose est en soie sauvage.
Basic points class, step 2 : whipped running, back- and stem- stitches, herringbone stitch, blanket stitch, coral stitch, chevron stitch, palestrina stitch and me not being able to stitch straight lines. This sampler is FULL of straight lines. Double sigh.
In the years before women were encouraged to learn to read and write, they were educated in the domestic arts, including needlework. Girls as young as four made samplers to demonstrate their mastery of the different stitches. Traditional designs generally consisted of stylized animals and birds, alphabets, numbers, Bible verses and various borders.
This one was made by my mother from a kit some years ago. If you can find an authentic one from the eighteenth or early nineteenth century in good condition it could be worth several thousand dollars.
For the All New Scavenger Hunt #14 - Traditional.
From the top right hand corner: a daffodil pattern, a peacock, steampunk cogs, and koi (carp).
The daffodil pattern is from blackworkarchives.com/bw_flwrs.html
Eggplant, Pork with cashew. Beef in spicy curry/chili sauce. Steamed rice with fresh cucumber, Pad Thai with pork (Stir fried noodles with bean sprouts, egg, scallions and peanuts), Chinese cabbage. Beef stir fry.
Thai Cafe, San Antonio, TX
Close up on the herringbone stitched field and the coral stitched lavender rows. I'm not sure our teacher's going to appreciate my interpretation of the "Church" from the romantic landscape original model. Well uh, ok, ok, ok, it's a bit 'Silling-ish'. Oops !
Mixing my color scraps for the 'main' fabric and printed whites for my background fabric, I created a completely unique look and layout for Tula Pink's Modern Sampler.
Free motion machine quilted by Marcia Wachuta of Marcia's Crafty Sewing & Quilting
Pierogies, stuffed cabbage, potato pancake, kielbasa, sauerkraut. Overall, it was just ok, not something we'd get again.
I found this sampler in an antique store in Saskatoon. It is a sampler from a Hutterite Colony. There are many of those colonies in the prairie provinces.
this is the bottom part of the sampler
Close detail of fabric ready to add to my band sampler. The white fabric is scrap cotton added to the side so I can get it on a hoop. The tacking lines are edge of the sampler.
Details about this are on my blog
This may be one of the only samples I post.
This edit is a little different than I normally would do, but that's fine I suppose.
Shaved and tucked mk3 that had been featured on Stanceworks from the Eastern shore area...ish.
The build / driver is Mark Lewis.
This is a potential upcoming feature in a new Japanese magazine. 90% sure.
2009-10 mystery sampler at local quilt shop. This quilt will contain fourteen 12" blocks, plus a larger medallion design in center. All blocks and medallion will be set on point.
Pierogies, stuffed cabbage, potato pancake, kielbasa, sauerkraut. Overall, it was just ok, not something we'd get again.
One of my collection of samplers.
This one is modern but based on traditional designs. It is dated 2000. I found it on Kettering market in 2009.
With neither light nor oxygen, tubeworms thrive on sulphurous bacteria in water reaching temperatures of 350 degrees Celcius at a depth of 2.1 kilometres. This keystone species provides a vibrant habitat for other members of this unique ecosystem at the Endeavour Hydrothermal Vent Field on the Juan de Fuca Ridge, located 250 kilometres off Canada's west coast.
Credit: ONC/CSSF-ROPOS