The first ' Sampler Camp'

When Sheri, the Colorado Cross Stitcher, of Cross Stitch Camp fame said she was going to do a ‘Sampler Camp’ for the first time, running from September to December,  I wasn’t sure if the chart I had in mind to stitch was really a ‘true’ sampler. 

The chart I had chosen was ‘The Stitcher’ from Homespun Elegance and one that I had wanted to stitch for a very long time.  I think the chart was first published in 1995 and I finally got my hands on a copy last year. 

My thoughts were, well it’s got an alphabet on it, so I’m going for it, Lol!

The brief was to make it our own in some way so I made a few changes to mine.

First off, I decided to introduce some Purple, my favourite colour into mine. 

I swapped the position of the ‘H’ and ‘S’ which are my initials, and stitched them in the Purple so they stand out and  stitched the centre verse in the same colour.  

I also changed the stitchers' dress to Purple and changed the cat to look like my Bo Jangles who is sadly no longer with me , making him Black and White with a Ginger patch over one eye.

……..you’re never far from my thoughts Bo .

 

Because I had stitched it on a small scrap of left over fabric, I had very little to play with when it came to finishing.  In the end I decided to cover the backboard with Purple fabric and them mounted the piece onto mount board and edged it with lace.

Fortunately, before I FFo'd it I realised that I had miss off one very important thing,  she didn't have a needle and thread, so it was 'my' needle and thread to the rescue.

Happy Stitching!

Sue

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Chart – The Stitcher

Designer – Homespun Elegance

Fabric – 28ct mystery fabric

Floss – DMC called for threads with the addition of the Purple 

Happy Autumn!

 

Where is the year going I ask myself?

It seems that we hit September and everything changes.  It’s overcast and breezy and we have rain forecast, which we can’t complain about because it’s so desperately needed here in the South East.  It’s getting dark earlier in the evenings too but on the up side it’s only about 12 weeks until I can put up my Christmas decorations, Lol!

Talking of Christmas, I stitched a bit more on ‘Oh Holy Night – Nativity from Stoney Creek this week and now you can see the little lamb emerging from the hay.

I haven’t stitched on anything else this week but I’m ready to start on my next Little Sheep Virtue, from Little House Needleworks, which will be Kindness, 

and then the next basket for Jeanette Douglass’s Mini Bouquet Sal, neither of which are big stitches, so they shouldn't take me long to do.

It’s also the start of Sampler September and Sheri, the Colorado Cross Stitcher, of Cross Stitch Camp fame is starting the first Sampler Camp, which should be fun.  I think the virtual camp is running from September to December, but I could be wrong about that, I’ll have to check.

Anyway, I hadn’t originally planned to join in because I didn’t think I had any samplers in my stash, or so I thought.  But then I remembered that I had ‘The Stitcher’ from Homespun Elegance all kitted up and ready to go. 

I think it should pass as a sampler; after all, it has an alphabet on it, right!

Oh well, time for some lunch I think and then a coffee and some stitching.  The ironing can wait until tomorrow!

.Happy Stitching!

Sue

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Stitch Mania plans

 Well as you’ll have gathered, I’m planning to take part in ‘Stitch Maynia’ this year, which kicks off tomorrow, on the 1^st of May.    I’d never heard of it before  and it has intrigued me !!

It would seem that back in 2015 some bright spark came up with the crazy idea of starting a  number of new Wip’s to represent the year, so a total of 15 projects. 

Year by year the numbers get bigger, so this being 2021, it’s a whopping 21 new projects and some stitchers take it to the max and will be doing a new start each day of May, so a massive 31.

Now, I’m basically a monogamous stitches, working on one or two projects at a time until they are finished, so there’s no way I’m going to be starting 21, let alone 31, but I would still like to join in and have come up with my own kind of ‘Maynia’.

I have a few charts all kitted up, ready and waiting, so this could be the perfect time to start them, so my plan is to have a new start on every Saturday in the month and stitch on it for 7 days, until the next start. 

Even the thought of five on the go at the same time is giving me the jitters, but when you see fellow stitchers'  ‘going big’, I really should be able to do this……I really should….right? .  

But I have one exception to this plan and it’s the stitch I’m working on now …...... Cottage Garden Samplings, The Song Bird’s Garden Series, ‘Gratitude’.  

I’m so very close to having a finish  and just can’t bring myself to put it away and not pick it up again for a month, so it’s going to be in my rotation as one of my ‘starts’.  Two days at the most would finish it and then I’ll go into the ‘real’ new start, which will be a small. 

 So the projects I have lined up, in no particular order are,….....….

The Snowflower Diaries – Joyful World SAL – June 

Rosewood Manor - Three Butterflies  

Little House Needleworks – Little Sheep Virtue – Love (after completing ‘Gratitude’)

Homespun Elegance – The Stitcher 

Rosewood Manor – Dreaming of Daisies

So it’s needles at the ready tomorrow for Stitch Maynia!!

 

Until next time, have a Happy Crafting!

(Whatever you passion may be)

Sue

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