Accomplishing Ann - a mid week update
I have had an email asking why I have basted stitches around the inside of the framework for the cutwork panel together with the center vertical and horizontal lines.We are using these basting stitches...
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The file has been updated to include week two's notes and can be viewed from the tab at the bottom of banner photograph.
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Week 3 notes have been updated and are available via the tab below the bannger photograph.
View ArticleBeyond the Little X - An Interview with Inguna!
For our first interview of the New Year we visit with Inguna in Belgium! We sit today and learn about how Inguna began stitching as she shares her story and her samplers with us. You will see that...
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I have had a very enjoyable afternoon/evening working on Ann Lawle. This motif is work in progress. The detached buttonhole filling adds a lovely dimension.This week's notes have been uploaded and a...
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After twelve hours (double my normal weekly session) of stitching our dashing cavalier is not finished. He has his buttons, hat, collar, cuffs and one boot top to go.The notes for Week 6 have been...
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Ann Lawle - The Scarlet LetterThe dashing cavalier is now complete and the notes have been updated.
View ArticleA Private Viewing of the Feller Collection
This summer the world-renowned needlework collectors, Micheál and Elizabeth Feller, will by appointment be opening their idyllic Cotswold manor house to welcome lovers of fine needlework and samplers...
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Week 11 updated has been uploaded. Not much progress after seven hours of further stitching on the lady. She is time consuming.
View ArticleAccomplishing Ann - Week 24
Here is Band 8 as of last night. There are a lot of stitches in the band but it is worth everyone.The notes have been updated.
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The notes have been updated.I have not broken the notes down into step by step instructions on Ann Lawle as the stitchers who are following and have made contact are all experienced.If anyone needs...
View ArticleA Happy Dance for Elizabeth Shephard
I'm not sure what dances were popular when Elizabeth stitched her sampler in 1820 but I would have doing one with her this weekend!I started her in January 2015 as part of the DUCJC2015 on Day 14 then...
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The notes have been updated to include the progress on Band 9. Please note that I have made several adaptations in this band due to personal preference.
View ArticleMission Accomplished
Ann has been accomplished.Ann Lawle is finished and the final notes have been uploaded. As my time on Ann Lawle draws to an end please be reassured that I am here for all the stitchers involved in the...
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