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a close-up of a fiber sampler that contains "green" organic cotton, hand-dyed ecospun/cotton, loose camel down, tussah silk noil, scoured merino fleece, alpaca top, flax top, hemp top, recycled sari silk, hand-dyed bamboo, soy silk, and un-dyed merino.

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I finally got my sampler in the mail on Thursday and I immediately opened it up and got to stitching. This is my first time working on a crewel embroidery project and I LOVE IT.

 

Pattern: Daisychain ABCs Crewelwork Sampler Kit by Alica Paulson

Materials: Appleton 2-ply crewel yarn

Start Date: July 14, 2011

End Date: January 29, 2012

A first look at the shoot we did tonight - Weston Studios and Melissa

I finished homework for next Saturday : basic points, step 3. So we now have a coral stitched lavender field, a palestrina stitched path border, some straight stitched red wall and chimney, grey zone of chevron stitches and a four-coloured herringbone stitched field of God knows what... and I almost forgot the blanket stitched black roof. I'm afraid the romantic landscape theme is slowly turning to some extremely strange stuff. Sorry guys, I'm not good at romantic landscapes, I guess my BDSM bottom gets up to the surface and shows through...

Double weave Sampler

finished 17 April, 2011

 

My first project for my intermediate weaving class. We used two different warps, one on top of the other. the top warp was hand-dyed, and the bottom warp is a black and white striped pattern. Both warps are linen, and embroidery floss is used for the weft throughout.

Une réussite tant technique que philosophique. Une photo qui en dit long.

Quilted by Jessica's Quilting Studio

I made this for my niece's Christening. It is mainly applique and embroidery with ribbons, buttons and embellishments onto a linen background.

Modified from the Blackwork Sampler pattern in Alicia Paulson's book Embroidery Companion.

88"H X 60"W, cotton, 2013. Photo by Miles Mattison.

Un sampler fait pour la mère d'une amie à l'occasion de la fête des mères. Le top rose est en soie sauvage.

A first try out for the Penny Sampler, using needle turn applique. Now really trying to figure out how to add it to the sampler, I love the dog wood petal shape!

And it turns out I really like how the background fabric showing through. I considered using sew and turn applique, but this time needle turn and show-through give me just the right organic feeling...

Start of sampler using Van Dyke stitch

variations. Stitch tutorial can be found here

www.pintangle.com/journal/2010/8/17/tast-2010-week-25-van...

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

I've finished my blocks for the Summer Sampler Series QAL - Yay!

I have LOVED this QAL. Some of the blocks I would never have thought I was capable of making (top left for example) but thanks to the excellent tutorials I've managed without too much seam ripping :)

 

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Sampler Socks from the book Sock Yarn One Skein Wonders. Yarn is Same Difference from the Knitting Goddess, in colourway Cloudy Skies.

 

I thought this “Same Difference” yarn -- half a skein in white and blue, the other other half skein in blue and white -- would be a good match for these sampler socks, which each use a different combination of stitch patterns.

 

This is my first successful attempt at knitting socks!

action sampler roll 2

 

action sampler rolls 1 and dos

I collect mending samplers, mostly Dutch and mostly about an hundred years old. I love the story of how they evolved from strips of cloth that women and girl's would travel with-- gathering their repertoire of available stitches in a world with few books and no internet-- to these schoolgirl demonstrations of practice and product. Many were sewn by young girls who would go on to work in other people's homes, monogramming their wash, decorating their table linens. This was their proof.

Rebecca Ringquist designed the sampler and I stitched it.

Friendship Sampler

by friends quilt.

 

Many donors are simply friends. Some of us are really proud to put our names on a difficult project. The Festival allows space to recognize the creator and the people who helped them as welll as the buyer. Let me tell you they believe in writing thank you letters to each and every donor/decorator. In 30 years I've only had 1 personal thank you from a buyer. I nearly fell thru the floor in shock. If it weren't for the buyer, these gestures of goodwill and thankfulness would not be possible on this scale. The endowment board of the hosp. would still be stuck with the measely 2% hocking tickets for visiting ice shows.

Finally finished, now in search of quilting ideas. Blogged here.

Lapbook Sampler - Side 2: (top to bottom) poof books (aka: mini-books, one-sheet book), accordian book

All 12 blocks for the Milky way Sampler. Patterns by Blossom Heart Quilts.

Better view of the sampler in the museum I am cataloguing.

 

Origin still not known, any comments appreciated

Pieced by Sarah Shelton

Quilted by Jessica's Quilting Studio

Pieced by Sarah Shelton

Quilted by Jessica's Quilting Studio

Practicing Finnweave on my backstrap loom as I hope to be able to reproduce some pre-columbian Peruvian designs as well as work done by the Huichol, Cora and Otomi people of Mexico.

 

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Pieced by Sarah Shelton

Quilted by Jessica's Quilting Studio

Pieced by Sarah Shelton

Quilted by Jessica's Quilting Studio

88"H X 60"W, cotton, 2013. Photo by Miles Mattison.

progress report for RR sampler, right side complete, detail shot

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