Tuesday, 23 December 2008,12:06
just clean forgot..
Hello all!
Just wanted to share progress on the Hannah Beeby Sampler that I've been working on, and clean forgot to share with you!




I worked on the 3 motifs on this past Friday night while watching some old movies and drinking lots of tea. Since then I've been working on it, encouraged by how fast this has been going, but haven't had time to take a photo yet with the holiday preparations and all...lol!

I'd like to wish you all a very happy Holiday Season, and wishes of good health, lots of laughter and stitching for the New Year!

hugs from Holland,
heidi

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posted by quakered monki | quaker link | 2 quaker comments
Sunday, 16 November 2008,15:03
My Quaker Sampler
I know I don't post very often but I visit this board a lot cause I love to see your progress on your Quaker pieces. I wanted to share with you a piece I 've been working on for a few years. I decided that I wanted to stitch a Quaker sampler using all the motifs that I love. Here is my progress so far:

I am stitching this on 28ct Lugana over one thread using ThreadGatherer's silk, Autumn Foliage. I intend to use it to cover the lid of a wooden box tea box. Most of the motifs are from the Needleprint patterns and I believe so far, most of the motifs I've stitched are from the Sarah Moon pattern and Jacqueline Holdworth's, Quaker Pattern book. There really isn't any rhyme or reason to the motifs that I've chosen, just the ones that I really like.

I hope you like what I am stitching. Sorry for the quality of the photo, the it was raining the day I took the photo so the colors are washed out and have a grey cast to them. The linen really is a warm tone!

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posted by quakered Joanie | quaker link | 1 quaker comments
Saturday, 20 September 2008,18:52
Sarah Moon Sampler
About 2 weeks ago, I finished stitching the "Sarah Moon Quaker Sampler", from the Ackworth School. I made my own color conversion from AVAS to Splendor silk, and also changed some colors that were to pale for my taste.

I personalized the sampler to reflect that this was a SAL project with 3 Spaniard friends, adding theirs initials too:
When I started stitching this sampler, I decided to do my own version, not an exact replica, correcting some mistakes that the original design has and re-charted many motifs to avoid the overlapping. Here is the final result:

Back of the stitched piece:
Was stitched on linen fabric 40ct, color antique white, 1x2, with silk threads. More details about this project in my blog: Magicxstitch.

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posted by quakered Mayté Bermúdez-García | quaker link | 3 quaker comments
Friday, 8 August 2008,00:16
slow going...


Hello friends,

Just wanted to share a quick shot of my Ann Grimshaw sampler with you.  Progress has been slow due to other projects I've been working on, vacation and nursing my husband after his knee surgery just two days ago.  No matter, in these hectic times, one stitch done is one stitch closer to completion...

cheers from wet and muggy Holland,
heidi

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posted by quakered monki | quaker link | 3 quaker comments
Wednesday, 21 May 2008,15:46
just in....



Just landed in my mailbox - three Ackworth Quaker Samplers!

Which ones?
Rebecca Blake (1809)
Ann Trump (1797)
The Companion Beatrix Potter's Sampler

I'm really excited and wanted to drop everything and start stitching right away (I'm sure you've had that urge) but first things first: decide what linen to use and if I want to go for silk or DMC threads. I've never used silks before, so it would be cool to try the Au Ver a Soie silks!

Actually, the Ann Grisham sampler is first in line, since I was planning together with a friend of mine to do it together, but after seeing the Rebecca Blake and Ann Trump Samplers, I'm thinking it would be fun to work with colors as well, even though it's easy and convenient to work with only one color. Sure, call me lazy! :-)

Will have to think about that for a bit, and will get back to you on what I decide!

Doing a snoopy dance,
Heidi

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posted by quakered monki | quaker link | 1 quaker comments
Tuesday, 3 April 2007,20:34
The Workbasket Quaker Sampler
Ho ricamato questo Sampler per The Workbasket quattro anni fa, ho usato lino Lentil di Lakeside linen e filati Sampler Threads. All'interno dei cuori centrali ho inserito le date importanti della mia vita, quella del matrimonio e quelle della nascita dei miei figli.

I stitched this sampler for The Workbasket four years ago. I used lentil linen from Lakeside and Sampler Threads.
I stitched my Wedding date and my sons birhtdays inside of the hearts in the middle.

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posted by quakered NIKY | quaker link | 0 quaker comments