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Commission brief: Old fashioned and have a squid in it. Yeah baby, whaddya reckon? I'm a bit pleased with this.
Actually timed this, which is a good thing, as if asked I would have guessed I would spend/had spent about 6 maybe 7 hours stitching. Fifteen and a half :O Dang. This knowledge will really help me on future projects!
This is my first official embroidery sampler and wow, was it ever fun to make! Who knew "complicated" stitches were so easy?! :-D
Pattern by Wild Olive.
Here it is now, folks. All crumpled and in need of a wash, still smelling of woodsmoke from when I sat and stitched by the communal fire at Uncivilisation. I'm certainly getting better at stuff, and I'm running out of space! Here's the last photo of it: www.flickr.com/photos/35345383@N05/5926168215/ bit bigger now, eh?
Hip To Be Square/FMQ Sampler Finally Completed! Blogged at colormequilty.blogspot.com/2012/02/its-finished-and-it-fe...
Out for a hike today after a night of rain, the forest floor was decorated with newly emerged and colorful mushrooms. As luck would have it, I did not bother to take my DSLR along but did have my phone, which was used to capture this sampler. To put them all together, I emailed them to myself for access on my desktop, used LR for a quick edit, PS to create a contact sheet, emailed them back to myself for access on my phone again, and Snapseed to create a border. Then back to my desktop to upload to Flickr. With all that roundabout processing (I'm sure there's a simpler way) would it qualify for Sliders Sunday?
Sorry for the dark pic. I can't keep secrets to save my life so here's the whole top, including the surprise middle block. Thanks to all for the awesome suggestion of contrasting sashing. I love it! Now for the quilting!
In the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge.
Band sampler 1668, inscribed Rebekah Layton.
Linen, embroidered with polychrome silks in double running, chain and eyelet stitch
Watch our blogs for more information this week!
Katie - Swim, Bike, Quilt
Lee - Freshly Pieced
Faith - Fresh Lemons Quilts
Sampler to use in an upcoming 3x5" Bottoms-Up swap I'm hosting over at lineweaving.com/forums . Come join the fun!
A tutorial for a modern bargello block, as part of the Something New Sampler series. Blogged here: thecutelifesmiles.blogspot.com/2013/01/something-new-samp...
My finished version of Paper Bella Studio "Free Style Embroidery" e-zine sampler.
lifeisabeautifulplacetobe.blogspot.com/2010/06/what-i-did...
Because I'm sick and tired of winter, and I wish that it was Spring.
If you haven't heard the song First of May before, you can find it here.
Dear Partner,
I've taken this little quilt apart and put it back together again. I like it much better this way ... and really hope you do, too! The chocolate wrappers were just too distracting, so, they're outta there. Maybe they'll end up on the back? I had to put a heart sticker on the block in the upper right - too much information in that little piece of map fabric under there - haha!
Next step, quilting ... If you have any suggestions, I'd love to hear them!
xo,
Gayle
when stitching up this cross-stitch pattern from the ever-fantastic cauchy, i couldn't help but think of this scene from the wire. that's not what prompted me to make it though. i liked the idea of taking a classic sampler and doing something irreverent/ballsy/modern/funny with it. (let's ignore the fact that i've never even done a sampler before...) tex loves it and proposed that we hang it in the kitchen.