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Sampler to use in an upcoming 3x5" Bottoms-Up swap I'm hosting over at lineweaving.com/forums . Come join the fun!
I've finally finished the present for my mother. It's taken forever and that whole journey has been blogged about here.
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...
The Film Photography Project LOVES Sampler Packs! The Kodak 5-Roll Sampler Box updated for late 2018.
This 5-Roll box contains super-fresh BW film. All rolls are 36 exposures, DX coded and standard BW processing.
You Get:
One Roll - Kodak TMax 100 (iso 100)
One Roll - Kodak TMax 400 (iso 400)
One Roll - Kodak Tri-X (iso 400)
One Roll - Kodak TMax 3200 (iso 3200)
One Roll - Eastman Double-X (iso 200)
little stab bound books, origami paper covers. These will be sent off to The Sampler for Feburary. More info about The Sampler: www.homeofthesampler.com.
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.
An enjoyable few hours this afternoon in the kitchen making this sampler for Anthotype prints. Paper is Bergger Cot320. Everything still wet, obviously, so not representative of final colours; will repost when dry.
Each row represents a different base ingredient.
A. Spirulina powder (a 250g tub from Holland & Barrett) unstrained/strained
B. Red chard (pack from Waitrose), blitzed then strained through coffee filter paper. Estimate that a whole pack would make enough to coat a few sheets.
C. Red cabbage, blitzed then strained through coffee filter paper. Used 1/8 of a whole cabbage. About 1/4 of a cabbage would probably be enough to coat a few sheets.
D. Blackberries, ground down in pestle then strained through muslin. One supermarket pack would probably be enough to coat a few sheets.
E. Raspberries, ground down in pestle then strained through muslin. One supermarket pack would probably be enough to coat a few sheets.
F. Petals from deep red roses, blitzed then strained through muslin. Petals from a whole bunch of roses from the supermarket would be enough to coat a few sheets.
[G. an attempt at extracting something worthwhile from some Holland & Barrett Baobab powder: fail! just got a washed out yellow-grey paste.]
H. Turmeric powder, mixed with warm water (unstrained - I think that straining would make this look a bit closer to Saffron - see far end of Turmeric row); no alcohol on this row in fact.
I. Raspberries + Turmeric, approx 1:1
J. Saffron, about 0.5g, mixed with 200ml boiled water, left to stand/stirred, then strained through coffee filter. Colour would be more red if left to steep for longer.
The columns are:
1. Unadulterated or mixed with distilled water.
2. Mixed with some alcohol - I used surgical spirit for this, but will probably use vodka in future because the stuff absolutely stinks!!
3. Soda crystals, ±2 tsp in 125ml distilled water
4. Soda crystals, ±4 tsp in 125ml distilled water
5. Bicarb of Soda, ±2 tsp in 125ml distilled water
6. Bicarb of Soda, ±4 tsp in 125ml distilled water
(tbh, steps 3-6 aren't that different, and 2tsp in 125ml didn't properly dissolve anyway, so probably overkill, but effects are interestingly different)
7. White vinegar
For steps 3-7 I simply added some drops of each onto the alcohol mix. In real use I imagine I will make up a mix of the base and then apply enough additional solutions to get the colour.
As you can see, from Blackberries onwards I got a little better at doing the application to the paper (!)
I think this one looks less ecclesiastical and more 60's or something. And then it makes me think of Russian nesting dolls......I practiced my bullion Knots on this and each knot is perfect (well as perfect as I can make them). No loops of thread at the end. I used what Karen said on the video about pulling them back out a bit and it works like a charm. They are supposed to be marching along in an orderly way, but I am afraid they are an undisciplined bunch!
rainbow block for laura. sorry so grainy. i lost everything on my camera and laura was sweet enough to retake it for me. i wanted a close up which resulted in grainy. i thank her greatly in saving my pic.
I decided to pick this sampler back up and finish 'er off. It ended up being rather quick work too.
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
I got The Embroidery Stitch Bible by Betty Barnden, which I love, and made this sampler using her stitches.
It was winter, and I love chickadees in winter.
Another Penny Sampler block finished! I was proud of myself on this one because I realized as soon as I started that I'd use up all of that "snowy" background fabric if I used it but I went ahead anyway (I have no problem cutting into a new piece of fabric but to use up the last of anything is always something I avoid). I've had that one for years and think it's cute for the forest so it went to a good use.
Four blocks finished of the nine that I should have done by now. I'm getting closer to catching up with the class!
Just a few lines of stitching this week as lots of variations were done on a fabric postcard for the 2007 challenge.
Now it's added to the new Sampler.
Both stitched with variegated fine perle from Caron Wildflowers collection
Blogged at, konnykards-musingsofaseniorcitizen.blogspot.com/