Thanks Harriet. I'm really looking forward to starting the next project, but also still have a bit to do on the Garden of Eden too. Isn't it a fantastic Course? Must look up the Stella light, sounds great.
Good to know someone's at the same stage as me. I am thinking of maybe hand sewing my glove together as I think it would be more in keeping with the period. Don't know yet, will have to have a practice first! Are you doing the darning stitch for the gold work?
That's fine, Harriet. Thanks for letting me know, and maybe we can pick you up the next go around. I'm sure you can do much more than you think you can (everyone can), but I certainly understand. Hope to see some of your work posted on NING soon!
My 1801 sampler has chain stitch. I am working on charting a band of ribbon across the center that is chain stitched and I think she used a pearl cotton or silk to do the ribbon because it is thicker than the silk threads. Fortunately for me, when I emailed the shop in MD asking for a color equivalent for DMC 924 in pearl cotton, they had one!
I will have to check my 1768 Scottish sampler to see if there is any chain stitching on it, but I am willing to bet chain stitch has been around much longer than we think. I was actually thinking long daisy chains for the leaves.
I have always loved weeping willows, and was thrilled to find we had three of them near a small creek on our property. When we made the trip to TN to look for a new home, this was the last house we looked at, and after spending the entire day in the car, I wasn't really looking at the land so much as the house. We had no idea we even had a creek until my husband came down for settlement and found it. I love standing at my sink washing up dinner dishes, and watching the willows dancing in the breeze. They are so beautiful.
Of course, once I finished drawing the willow, I realized how many teeny tiny leaves I will have to stitch to fill it out! Then again, my philosophy has always been, if you are going to do something, do your best and do it right. It will be a labor of love. Our kitty was special. He was the gentlest little soul that walked this Earth. It broke my husband's heart when he found him. When I read the first lesson from this course, I thought of the mourning samplers and made the decision to put him on top.
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Congratulations on your first place at the ANG seminar. Lovely work.
Hi Harriet!
Really? That's amazing. So nice to meet a reader and what a small world! I will look up your middle grader. Have you written anything lately?
Hi! Thanks for the welcome! There are so many beautiful things to look at here!
Good to know someone's at the same stage as me. I am thinking of maybe hand sewing my glove together as I think it would be more in keeping with the period. Don't know yet, will have to have a practice first! Are you doing the darning stitch for the gold work?
That's fine, Harriet. Thanks for letting me know, and maybe we can pick you up the next go around. I'm sure you can do much more than you think you can (everyone can), but I certainly understand. Hope to see some of your work posted on NING soon!
Hi Harriet...honored by your request!
My 1801 sampler has chain stitch. I am working on charting a band of ribbon across the center that is chain stitched and I think she used a pearl cotton or silk to do the ribbon because it is thicker than the silk threads. Fortunately for me, when I emailed the shop in MD asking for a color equivalent for DMC 924 in pearl cotton, they had one!
I will have to check my 1768 Scottish sampler to see if there is any chain stitching on it, but I am willing to bet chain stitch has been around much longer than we think. I was actually thinking long daisy chains for the leaves.
Hi Harriet,
I have always loved weeping willows, and was thrilled to find we had three of them near a small creek on our property. When we made the trip to TN to look for a new home, this was the last house we looked at, and after spending the entire day in the car, I wasn't really looking at the land so much as the house. We had no idea we even had a creek until my husband came down for settlement and found it. I love standing at my sink washing up dinner dishes, and watching the willows dancing in the breeze. They are so beautiful.
Of course, once I finished drawing the willow, I realized how many teeny tiny leaves I will have to stitch to fill it out! Then again, my philosophy has always been, if you are going to do something, do your best and do it right. It will be a labor of love. Our kitty was special. He was the gentlest little soul that walked this Earth. It broke my husband's heart when he found him. When I read the first lesson from this course, I thought of the mourning samplers and made the decision to put him on top.
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