Sampler Garden completed!

I can't believe I finally finished something! Its a stitching miracle! LOL!
This is the Eileen Bennet class piece from the workshop I took from her on St. Patty's day. I loved every stitch of this piece! All the specialty sampler stitches were so much fun. I don't think I would have been as successful with the colonial knots if I had not seen them demonstrated. They were a little tricky. LOVE this piece!!
This has really awakened in me my love of intricate stitches. I've been doing a lot of pieces lately that are strictly cross stitch. I think I will definitely be adding some more projects with interesting stitches in them.

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.

Eileen Bennet workshop

Tomorrow I am taking a sampler workshop from Eileen Bennet! I'm very excited about it! It is from 9AM to 4PM, and my hubby took the day off to usher the kids around to all their activities. So I have a whole day to enjoy! Yippee!! On Sunday at my regular Guild meeting, Eileen will be giving a lecture on sampler research. A great weekend!!

SSSSHHHHhhhhh!!!!

I have been quiet. It is not that I haven't been stitching, I have been working diligently. It's just that WHAT I'm working on is a secret! I'm terrible at keeping secrets of the good kind, so I don't know how long I will be able to last. But I will have big news soon!


Here is my progress on CHS primitive stocking. So close, so close!(just trying to distract you there!)

She done me proud!

Wow! These are pictures of Cassandra, a cat doll made from my pattern F121~Angeline! Isn't she wonderful! This cat was made by Joyce Tenay of Ragpatch Primitives. I LOVE her addition of whiskers! What a great idea! You can see Joyce's doll at auction here.