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The Autumn Sampler, pattern by The Frosted Pumpkin Stitchery. This was one of my goals for the first quarter finish along, and I was so close to meeting my goal, but alas it will carry over to the next quarter. I only have the black and white floss color left to stitch!
Blogged - www.marcigirldesigns.com/1/post/2014/04/2014-finish-along...
I am compulsively stitching on to my paper sampler.
I have added mainly waxed paper to a handmade paper and tissue paper background, and then altered the surface by using wire, hand and machine embroidery.
Mixed media - work in progress
Vogart colonial sampler stamped on pure linen. Listed in S.S. Kresge Co. advertising pamphlet promoting its Vogart Needlecraft Novelties line for the spring and summer of 1935. States that Vogart NY is a N.R.A [National Recovery Act] member No. 31-29. Instructions suggest the use of six strand cotton floss for embroidering the crosstitch pattern.
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.
My version of Oh Fransson!'s Mod Sampler Quilt-along
www.madkapquilter.blogspot.com/2012/01/is-it-procrastinat...
This is the pillow case I made from my sampler, my very first stitches, which were featured on Feeling Stitchy... so proud!
Blogged about this pillow at
Modeled after a pattern in the New Crewel. I am learning which stitches I like, those I find challenging and the ones that try my patience! The fabric is a vintage linen hankie.
The former ore sampler in Murray, Utah. Located "down rail' from the former Murray ASARCO smelter site, with connections to the then Union Pacific and Rio Grande mainlines. Undergoing some sort of demolition effort at the time of the photo, it would stall shortly afterwards leaving the building still standing as a hollowed out skeleton.
This is a sampler worked by Ann Odell in 1826. It has an unusual openwork stitch worked on the capital letters, you can just see the holes with stitches worked around them in the bottom half of the sampler.
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Samplers were first made in the 1400s or 1500s as a way of remembering different types of stitches or patterns. Over time they evolved into pieces of work made by young girls, proving their knowledge and patience.
The Herbert has over 60 samplers in its collection. With volunteers from NADFAS we have recently completed a project to improve their storage and to make them more accessible. You can see some of the samplers on display at the Herbert in the History Gallery, Connected and in What's in Store.
Wherein I attempt shading with blackwork. I had a lot of fun with this and learned a lot too.
Blogged about here: backstitch.wordpress.com/2008/09/04/blackwork-shading-sam...
For the Lomographians that I so detest, here is a Action Sampler type of camera that takes 4 pictures in one 24 x 36 frame at differed exposure times. Can be creative, but not for the prices and all the hype of the Lomographic mania
I found an excellent tutorial by Rachel Griffith for this pinwheel block here:
www.psiquilt.com/2010/02/pinwheel-sampler-quilt-along-blo...
This is a sampler worked by Sophia Maria Lomas from Nuneaton in 1868.
The text reads
I have found the joys of Heaven,
I am one of the angel band,
To my head a crown of gold,
Is given and a harp is in my hand,
I have learned the song they sing,
Whom Jesus hath set free,
And the glorious walls of Heaven,
Still ring with my new born melody
These are two verses from a hymn about The Believer in Glory.
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Samplers were first made in the 1400s or 1500s as a way of remembering different types of stitches or patterns. Over time they evolved into pieces of work made by young girls, proving their knowledge and patience.
The Herbert has over 60 samplers in its collection. With volunteers from NADFAS we have recently completed a project to improve their storage and to make them more accessible. You can see some of the samplers on display at the Herbert in the History Gallery, Connected and in What's in Store.