Sampler name tag

I have just completed this nametag to wear at the two guilds I belong to. It was designed by Sharon Cohen of Nostalgic Needle. I am absolutely in LOVE with all of her designs and have been for some time now. I may finally have obtained enough skill to make some of them! I have always loved that Millenium Cutwork Sampler. I am also totally smitten with her little Elizabethan Nightcap pincushion.Taking that class from Eilleen Bennett really got my juices flowing for some more works from the golden age of embroidery. I love all the intricate stitches.

Oh Dear!

I'm afraid I overdid it a little at the workshop this weekend! Not by stitching too much, (God Forbid!), but by SPENDING too much! Eileen Bennett was wonderful!! and she brought along lots of books,and charts for sale, so naturally I had to partake!!!

Here is what I bought:

















Here is the project we did.
It is a brand new class piece called Garden Sampler. It is a 17th century style band sampler with LOTS of fun stitches on it. 17 old sampler stitches are included : cross, double cross, small cross, elongated cross, marking cross, long arm cross, framed up-right cross, cross stitch with bar, back, flat stitch square, double back stitch with bars, buttonhole bars,four sided stitch,knit stitch, small rice stitch, queens and colonial knots.

It is so colorful and lots of fun with all the different stitches. Each band is only a little over two inches wide, so it goes very fast.



















Can you see my colonial knots? They are so beautiful with two colors of blue. The green flower base is rice stitch, so it really has a beautiful texture.