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My attempt at creating perspective with blackwork. The Beginning Drawing approach using blocks and spheres. The sphere looks better in the larger size.
Blogged about here: backstitch.wordpress.com/2008/09/04/blackwork-shading-sam...
Vintage Cross Stitch Sampler was a gift from a friend. It's vogart #207. Blogged at www.gettingtocrazy.blogspot.com
I'm experimenting with filling in the empty squares in the previous pattern with cheese slopes and tiles. Here's a sample of some I tried.
Stitched on even weave linen using mostly stranded cotton or no 8 Pearl. There is some ribbon floss and gold metallic thread. Ideas from sharonb, J Enthoven's "The Stitches of Creative Embroidery", other TAST members and some of my own.
Most of this pattern is from Seba Designs (free pattern), but I did make some changes and chose my own floss colors.
Liberty Sampler by Lizzie*Kate. Stitched in 2003 with Gentle Art Sampler Threads and Weeks Dye Works.
Some process shots of my HST sampler quilt. Made a a prize for the winner of a fundraiser auction for my friend's doula co-op.
Tutorial found at Buttons and Butterflies: www.buttonsandbutterflies.com/2013/01/something-folded-bl...
Find all the blocks here:
thecutelifesmiles.blogspot.com/p/something-new-sampler.html
Blogged: thecutelifesmiles.blogspot.com/2013/01/a-modern-folded-bl...
I sought a place to have my lunch
Beside a stream of tropical punch...
More:
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Willis Toys Ltd,
Elsenham CM22 6EF
"Treasure Trove" WT 520
1,000 pieces, used and complete
approx. 69cm x 49cm
approx. 27in x 19in
2022 piece count: 1,000
puzzle no: 1
From the box:
"English Sampler worked by Susanna Gellet in 1800 on woollen canvas with coloured silks. Reproduced from the outstanding collection of Samplers in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge."
Our first puzzle of 2022 is from a manufacturer/distributor we'd not heard of before: Willis Toys. A quick search reveals they are still in existence, but this particular jigsaw is some years old and no trace of it remains online as far as I can tell. Thinner pieces - although they fit together well enough - all with regular shapes: 2 knobs, 2 holes, so not as easy as it first appeared.
i bought this sampler pattern quite a while ago, and started making it last summer, when we were planning to adopt. since we didn't have a gender preference with the adoption, i veered from the colors on the pattern to a more gender-neutral palette.
and how things have changed since then.
i'm now due to give birth in two and half weeks to a baby girl. it's funny what life throws at you when you least expect it.
and i think what i like most about this piece is the untold story it contains, and the journey that we have taken over the course of it being made.
Another Tangle Sampler. Original is 5" x 7"; and I've named it Circles, Squares and Rectangles. Not a very exciting name, huh? It's pretty "busy" but as a sampler, I guess that's not so bad. Anyway, I don't know if I've mentioned it here yet, but I am all paid and scheduled for CZT Training in September and I'm so excited to be able to teach this wonderful art form as soon as I'm certified. I'm practicing practically non-stop. Anyway, here's a list of all the tangles used, in alpha order with the source of the tangle. I truly believe in giving credit to the artists who so inspire me. Circles were drawn using a jigger glass as a template. Center square drawn by tracing a zentangle tile. Other rectangles/partial squares strings are free-hand.
Baton – Carol Ohl
Cadent – Zentangle
Chard – Linda Farmer
Coaster – Carole Ohl
Crescent Moon – Zentangle
Croon and Variations – Margaret Bremner
Cubine – Zentangle
DL Sunray – Donna Hornsby
Feathers – Suzanne McNeil
Florz – Zentangle
Flukes – Zentangle
Gewurz – Linda Farmer (plus a little Ge-Woops; sorry Linda)
Hollibaugh – Zentangle (Molly)
Holey – Karen Ann Young (in the center of Florz)
Moon Rocks and Variations – Suzanne McNeil
Nightbridge – Zentangle
Onamato - Zentangle
Tipple – Zentangle
Other fill – including some crosshatch practice
Hope I didn't forget one. Thanks for looking!
I've finally finished and framed my spring sampler stitchery. Pattern & blogged at bakercourt.blogspot.com