A Lovely Day of Stitching

Several of us met at Jen1's house today for some stitching. In her living room two of the walls are festooned with her beautiful samplers. She has been a busy little bee...

She was inspired to stitch this one when she saw it displayed high up on the wall at the now-closed A Stitcher's Garden in Fayetteville NY (just east of Syracuse). 

It's called 'As Ye Sow' by Rosewood Manor.

Black Cat 1861 Sampler from Samplers Not Forgotten

Time and Season Sampler by Moira Blackburn. She bought this pattern at The Stitching Post in Catonsville MD on our way to the Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival back in 2016.

Jen1 modified 'Christmas Garden' by Blackbird Designs by replacing the words 'Christmas Garden' at the bottom by the alphabet.

Catherine Theron's 'Morning Has Broken' was a workshop that Barb, Jen1, Poppy, and Jeanette attended in NY state in 2019. It was sponsored by the Corning NY chapter of the Embroidery Guild of America. The entire sampler used silk threads and specialty stitches - not a single regular cross stitch. Catherine's patterns and kits are not commercially available - only through her workshops. 

Jennifer modified the text in the right and left 'bubbles', continuing the lyrics to the song.

I love the way she has this piece framed. I think it's an Ursula Michael design.

I believe the lure of this Anna Thies 1859 sampler by Permin of Copenhagen was the kitty cat. So sweet!

This 'wee' piece was stitched 1 over 2 on 56ct linen. The design is from Mojo Stitches and is called 'Among the Roses'. It's stretched and mounted, ready to pop into an existing frame that is at another location and will be a gift to her mother this weekend for Mother's Day. It is stunning.

I'm not sure of the origin of this piece but I really like the sideways alphabet. the frame perfectly matches the blue in the houses.

The gallery of her hand-stitched samplers is really something to behold. The colour of her walls really compliment the fabrics in the pieces. 

It was a wonderful way to spend the day in wonderful surroundings.