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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!
Stitches: (l->r and top to bottom) 1. running 2. trellis 3. satin 4. rice 5.French knots 6.lazy daisy 7. flat 8. couching 9. herringbone 10. chain 11. stem 12. fly 13. threaded running 14. appliqued rick rack 15. blanket
I enjoyed making this sampler from the book "All Star Sampler" by Roxanne Carter. It is rotary cut, machine pieced and machine and handquilted by me in 1999. I like it so much I plan to make another one someday.
Holga FN camera with sampler mask
Film : Kodak Portra 400VC
＊A Japanese photo magazine snap! August issue【for Holga special features】
I teach a lecture on the suggestion of how to take picture of new holga camera.
cross stitch sampler with a suess/matrix theme. Get the free big print stitch-able version at the blog:
hancockshouseofhappy.blogspot.com/2011/11/matrix-free-sci...
Blue Mountain Brewery, Afton, VA. Quality was variable but many were good to excellent. The 10% abv Dark Hollow (furthest R) was particularly memorable.
Pattern: Pinwheel Sampler by Rachel Griffith ps i quilt
Started: Unknown
Finished: February 2014
Size: 56" x 56"
Fabric: Birdie by Me and My Sister Designs
Batting: Warm & White
Backing: Tweet Street by Sue Zipkin
Quilting: Fmq Swirls
On my list for 1st quarter of the 2014 FAL hosted by Katy @ The Little Thistle.
Original link here.
WARP Sampler - Various
Warp Records (WARPSAMP8)
Artwork by The Designers Republic
Promo copy
2006
Personal Collection
This sampler’s exactly a hundred years old!
Nice combination of different styles and sizes, remarkable assortment of characters. (And an unfortunate name, by the way …)
Courtesy of the Kathleen Blume Collection
Had fun with this one (don't know if the bride liked it, oh well), and am also proud of my framing job, the edges look almost even (or at least not noticeably uneven). This is from a Prairie Moon pattern. www.prairiemoon3.com/