Sampler Finish

 Charland Designs band sampler finished. The date on the chart is 1996. I think I started this maybe 2 years ago? Sometime after I finished her Irish Sampler.

I love band samplers for the variety of stitches and because they usually are narrow, if you find something that you dislike, you don't have to stitch it for very long.

Two slight changes. Two bands was supposed to be alternating cross and algerian eyelets. That just looked messy so all eyelets.

The second time I did four sided stitch.

It's cute and I love it. 

September Update

JA beautiful for stitching outside. My current Charland Designs band sampler. This is my second one. I have 4 or 5 more. Next up will be the Welsh one. 

And tonight I finished mu Cooper Oaks Swan. Next up, pillow finishing. Not by me, I pay a professional. 

Canadian Primitive #3

 

This little pulled work band is killing me. I can go all the way down and back before I see my mistake. Oof. But it's pretty. 

September and the Light Changes

 Because of a blogger, I discovered the Bloggess right before she wrote about the big metal chicken. I still read Jenny today and purchase her books. And try to absorb some of her hard learned lessons. So today Amazon brought me my first light therapy box.

Because I know I suffer from seasonal affective disorder. I can tell even in August that the light is changing. We'll see if this helps.

On the stitching front, I finished a gift piece. No photos allowed. And I wasn't feeling inspired to pick up any of my current works in progress.

Because I have been organizing (yet again) this Charland Designs sampler popped up. I did not have the right colors of Flower Thread so I'm substituting DMC Linen Thread. I hope this works for the pulled work.

I love these little Charland samplers. Fun stitches, not too big so I don't get bogged down.