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Vera's PPL - STUNNING
 Vera has continued to have problems with uploading photos onto Blogger so here is the S.T.U.N.N.I.N.G  PLL in all its magnificent glory.Lional is so proudand Leonara with her whiskersI think the snake...
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A BIRTHDAY GIVEAWAY
This blog started as a year long birthday celebration and I like celebrating everyone's birthday each month. I do, however, need to update my birthday list for 2014 so please will you leave a comment...
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HIP HIP HOORAY ITS KEVIN'S BIRTHDAY TODAY
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOUHAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOUHAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR KEVINHAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOUWishing you a wonderful birthday from all of us.
View ArticleI received my chart today!
My chart for the English Transitional Sampler came today. Â Thank you so much Nicola and Marsha. Â I'm going to get into my pajamas and put my feet up and study the chart tonight. Â I see it uses 10...
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Mary Baker FINISHED!!!!
Yeah!!! I am doing the HAPPY DANCE some please come celebrate with me!  My first Scarlet Letter sampler is FINISHED!!!! I just love this verse on this Mary Baker Sampler!!! I meant to get it...
View ArticlePolly Miner
The postman delivered a package to Thistle Manor today and when I looked at the package I immediately knew it was Polly Miner. Â Like all Scarlet Letter samplers, Polly has an interesting story to tell....
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Some will say I totally lost my mind!
It has been quite a while since I posted here.. Have been working on some other projects other than SL...But I have been working on Manifesto off and on for the past year... this is how far I have...
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Post on Behalf of Maria del Valle
I continue working on MD 1660 The Unicorn Sampler. I'm doing the first cutwork band and I'm filling it with "dove's eye stitch". It's very slowly for to do and I need a similar tension in each of the...
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Never-Ending Alphabets!
Silly me!  I thought once I reached the alphabets on Ann Grimshaw, things would move along a little faster. Two weeks into them now and all I can say is, "Not so much..."They've been enjoyable, but...
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Rachel Jarratt - Band 6 Completed
PHEW !! This seemed to go on for ages but I am so pleased to have stitched the background it really makes the motiffs pop.Now for the next band. It was band 7 & 8 Â that drew me to this sampler.I...
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S. Wood Sampler, My New Stitch
Hello everyone, and Happy New Year!It's been a while since I posted.Due to some large medical bills, my stitching this year has to be from my stash. Fortunately I do have a few from which to choose. My...
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Two New Starts and a Snow Day
Hi All, Well, the snow, wind and frigid temps arrived all at once yesterday. The result? A snow day today!! My office is closed, so I am staying in (and letting my husband clear off the driveway,...
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Rachel Jarratt - Band 7 & clam shells
Before I finish up for the evening I wanted to share with you the clam shell part of this band. It is so pretty and the colours !!!The chart gives the option of stitching the shells over 1 or 2 and I...
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Manifesto
Here is the current picture of Manifesto. Â It probably isn't that different from the last post, the holidays and all the bitter cold weather have created a lot of extra barn work. Â Melinda
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Post on behalf of Marsha - A New Sampler Memento Mori
 My finish is framed. Lynn's in Madison, WI, framed it.  Photo #1 shows it in its entirety. The following two photos are executed in queen stitch.  The majority is cross stitch and eyelet, some...
View ArticleI`m a little sad...
I have not contributed to this blog as I should have. I love my samplers, and am still stitching on SL ones sometimes, but I think I am too fickle a stitcher to stick with any one sampler for long. I...
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Rachel Jarratt - another milestone
When working a sampler I like to break them up in my mind and have goals to work towards. I have now hit another goal - the centre panel of band 7. This was a fun one. I adore the two little dogs. I...
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Post for Barbara H - EK 1653 Finished
I am so happy to have finished my EK 1653.   The colors are fabulous. I must confess that I was getting a little tired of working all that satin stitch.It was an over-all easy sampler that I could...
View ArticlePost on behalf of Bob from Winderwood Farm
I have been stitching for 35 years, my first attempt was the Shepherdess the Examplarery. Â No one told me it was not a beginners kit. Â I stitched the kit loving every minute of it... I was hooked!...
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New Year Progress...
Hello Everyone! It seems a few months have gone by since my last post. Â I had a few distractions with making gifts for the holidays and then coming down with a terrible cold on Christmas that lasted...
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