Finished my monochrome sampler, it was the quickest piece I have ever done probably because there were no colour changes although I did use 10 skeins of DMC 5200 which is quite a lot of thread.
I really love samplers but I realised I only work them about once every ten years. The one above is my first piece of cross stitch ever, (about 20 years old). I had previously worked needlepoint from printed canvases so wasn't sure what to do when I opened the kit and found a plain piece of fabric! I worked it out eventually although I didn't know at the time you had to keep the stitches in the same direction.
Then this sampler was worked around 1999/2000 to celebrate the millennium. It is still one of my favourite pieces, I love all the events it commemorates.
I must not leave it another 10 years before I stitch another sampler.
Wilberforce is totally unimpressed
Yawn
Lovely week.....enjoy love from me Ria...x !
ReplyDeleteI love all of your samplers, Shirley, but that newest one is my favorite! Wow! 10 skeins of 5200--that must be a very large piece. Although Wilberforce may not be impressed, I am :)
ReplyDeleteWhat is the name of the monochrome sampler? Its so beautiful. I would love to stitch it for myself.
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