All the items I received in the Stationary Sampler from GoSampler.com

Sampler

Designed by Needle's Prayse. Completed in 2002.

A Craigslist tribute to Depeche Mode, the E-MU Emax SE sampler.

rows upon rows of differing techniques as a sampler for my students during a series of workshops...one of the students offered to buy it!!!

Super Sampler caught Candace driving us home from eating cheeseburgers and grilled cheese sandwiches last Friday.

This is one of the projects I made in my weaving class. I fell in love with the floor loom and the process of weaving. A seed was planted. This is a twill sampler, far from perfect but really fun to make.

Made mostly from 10 inch block patterns used for the Bock Lotto 2005-2006. Blogged here.

I made this ribbon embroidery wedding sampler for my son and daughter-in-law. It was the first time I'd ever done ribbon embroidery. From the date on it, you can see that it is 10 years old.

Here everybody says "Sampler" and everybody understands. But at the other university of Graz you get corrected. You have to say "Kolbenhubpipette". If you are the first time in the other university you don't have a clue what they are talking about.

Christmas sampler has all our favorite things about the holiday: Santa, reindeer, Christmas tree, gingerbread men, and home.

Stitched on 22ct. aida, the edges are fringed to make a frame. The picture is open (not framed), with a felt backing and starched to help with rigidity. Finished size is 6" wide by 4 3/8" tall.

I simplified the middle by cutting it into a single strip instead of three squares. Honestly, though, I'm not really happy with this one. The colors don't pop at all for me, and I'd really like some more 'oomph'. I'll probably end up re-piecing this one.

Squares for the 1977 Better Homes & Gardens Granny Sampler Afghan.

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I stitched this sampler for my brother and sister in law for their anniversary and then did just the bottom part of it again for a gift for my parents. Hardanger isn't hard to do, but is more advanced that cross stitch. The basis of Hardanger lies in creating blocks of satin stitched areas. The fabric within the blocks can then be cut - yes, cut - and filled in with specialty stitching or just left open. This method of stitching comes from Norway. It looks a lot like lace and is achieved by using satin stitch to form blocks or squares.

142Wx123H, 35ct. Straw by WDW linen, CC Belle Soie, 1 over 2

37" square

Sampler Quilt from Alex Anderson's Start Quilting 2nd Edition

Machine pieced and quilted in 2003

Photographer: Steve Kelly

Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA

Film: KODACOLOR Gold 100 Plus (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.

Featuring running stitch (basic, whipped and laced).

The Painted Pink Patchwork Frog Collection

www.spoonflower.com/designs?view=57280

64 x 64 cm

I loved a picture of samples of knitting patterns in the Rae Compton’s Complete Book of Traditional Knitting. So I used up some mohair and a few scraps of other soft wool and made this hairy jumper.

JJ took me to The Bazaar by Jose Andres in the SLS hotel for my bday dinner. Total surprise! I was so excited! Here is some of the cool stuff we ate.

Jamon sampler. So. Incredibly. Good. The stuff in front was the best of all three. Kind of a sweet melt in your mouth porky orgy of deliciousness. Got that?

Scarlet Letter kit

A knitting sampler, knitted last night and about to be frogged. I used the yarn that I got from the Biggan Dups class on Continental Knitting at the iKnit Weekender. It is DK weight 100% Australian Merino Wool and a delight to knit with. All of this stitch patterns were worked from "400 Knitting Stitches: Great Stitch Patterns" (Murdoch Books) - except the "heel stitch" which I found on www.thedietdiary.com/blog/lucia/525 - and the stitch names and page numbers can be seen in the 'notes' as you hover over the photos on their flickr page.

Oak Leaf Panto by OneSongNeedleArt

1. 365Challenge_22_BrokenDishes, 2. 365Challenge_23_Small Triangles, 3. 365Challenge_24_MixedT, 4. 365Challenge_25_LostShip, 5. 365Challenge_26_TrueBlue, 6. 365Challenge_27_JacksOnSix, 7. 365Challenge_28_ShooFly

This project has been my take along project forever. I finished it July 21st. I love the over 1 monkeys and the verse makes me smile. That green yard, well it almost killed me. If I ever seen another skein of DMC 368 I will runaway screaming!

Project stats:

The Monkey Sampler

Midsummer Night Designs

28ct Sandcastle Lugana

DMC floss

Just a bent sampler housed within an old Polaroid camera body.

Guga

1. 365Challenge_43_DesignInGeometrics, 2. 365Challenge_44_DiagonalStrips, 3. 365Challenge_45_LoveAndKisses, 4. 365Challenge_46_FlyingGeese, 5. 365Challenge_47_StreakOfLightning, 6. 365Challenge_48_SlantedDiamonds, 7. 365Challenge_49_AtticWindow

Cross-stitching on Aida cloth, various sizes, 2011.

Cross-stitched quotes from various romance novels in the style of traditional and modern samplers.

Image of Sampler 4 projected on Wynner House during the Birmingham [England] Queer Open, Nov. 06, 2009.

Some samplers are in poor collection, without their original frame. This one had clearly spent some time folded.