~ Greetings and Warm Welcome ~
to my friends!
It's a rather damp, chilly, spring day here in good 'ol Indiana!
Typical.
All the stuff is starting to bloom...
dogwoods, cherry trees, red buds...
the robins are getting fat...
the red-winged blackbirds are singing sweetly...
the sparrows are flitting to and fro gathering bits to build their nests...
and...
I'm running to and fro getting ready for the retreat this week!
Almost there...
But in the evenings...
my needle has been singing!
I was gifted a pattern from the lovely designer Lila over at Lila's Studio: click HERE
of the "Let Freedom Ring" sampler because I mentioned it on my FlossTube channel in February and many people went nuts over it contacting her about it :)
Wasn't that nice?!
So I started it! and after 9 evenings of working on it...here it is:
You can follow my progress on it as I stitch by clicking the album above in the TABS section that reads: "Let Freedom Ring" sampler progression
It is going to be SO LOVELY!
Not only have I started that, but....
Little House Needleworks has asked me to be the "all on one piece" model stitcher for
"The Early Americans" series, just as I was for the "ABC Samplers" series. Lots and lots of people followed my progression on "ABC Samplers"...
so we are going to do it again on "The Early Americans"!
I get my patterns a little bit ahead of the distributors so I can get a head start and last night I started!
I *created my own border design*....
to encircle the sampler. While I was stitching it last night...well I could see that my 8 hours of effort in creating the border, measuring, doing math choosing colors...
to encircle the sampler. While I was stitching it last night...well I could see that my 8 hours of effort in creating the border, measuring, doing math choosing colors...
Here is my start:
the completed border (when the entire sampler is complete will look like:
I also have created a TAB above so that people can follow my progression through this gorgeous sampler...
Under the tab it will tell you ALL the particulars about my choices of fabric, count, color, flosses I'm using, ETC. I invite you to take a look if you are so inclined.
So...
I've got loads to get through today and time is ticking!
Until the next time...
enjoy every one of your stitches...
be kind...
smile!
Love in stitches,
Vonna xxxx