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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!
The finished Sampler - I think.
2002-2006 (most in 2002)
This sampler has been designed by Jenny Bennett of Sale, Victoria, Australia
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.
Architectural styles not selected by Frank Lloyd Wright for Unity Temple across the street. Oak Park, Illinois.
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.
this is a trial layout of my blocks. i started this as a quilt along, but got in a hurry and wanted to add more blocks, so i found more patterns on the internet and went for it! i love this quilt and i love french general's fabrics!
Early nineteenth century sewing sampler stitched by Elizabeth Lyle when a young girl.
The text in the center reads,"Elizabeth Lyle worked this in the eleventh year of my age. In the morning think what you have to do. And at night ask yourself what you have done."
This design is now available to buy as a pattern pdf, details on my blog www.bearpawandbearpaw.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/embroidery-p...
For a class I am teaching in the Autumn and blogged: bearpawandbearpaw.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/sampler-tree-emb...
tutorial for some of the stitches here www.mybearpaw.com/2012/07/embroidery-stitch-tutorial.html...
Photographer: Bob Clemens
Location: Studio
Film: KODAK EKTAR 25 (35mm)
Included on the Kodak Photo CD sampler disc PCD0992. Converted from PCD to TIFF with pcdtoppm and GraphicsMagick. Level‐adjusted with GIMP. Converted from TIFF to PNG for Flickr.
The PCD and TIFF files can be found here.
© Kodak. For the original rights, please see this text.
Sampler of filler stitches, pattern from from the 1959 "Handbook of Stitches" by Grete Peterson and Elsie Svennas. Blogged here