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Mary Hurst's Speciality Stitches - BUTTONHOLE FILLING
How many of us have stitched the sixth stitch for Mary Hurst - BUTTONHOLE FILLING?I have done yards and yards of buttonhole on my hardanger projects and blanket stitched many sewing projects but have...
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We have a winner ......
I have just done the draw for November and the name out of the hat is Theresa Gilliam for her post on November 5th. Theresa is stitching Maria Theresa and making an superb job of her.Well done Theresa,...
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Mary Hurst's Speciality Stitches - RICE STITCH AND DIAGONAL RICE STITCH
RICE STITCH is the seventh stitch required for Mary Hurst.This is a favourite stitch that adds a lovely texture. Working from the left shows the the six stages of the stitch worked over 4 threads.The...
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SDW Sampler
Pulling the silks I will need to work the Mary Hurst SAL had me itching to start cross stitching again. Rather than start a new project (!) I decided to pull out my SDW Band Sampler which has been...
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Margaret Reynolds
I have been working on Margaret Reynolds. Today I have added my lovely OH's initials and my initials to the centre part and put my name at the bottom. I decided to add my middle name 'McCrindle'. It is...
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DETACHED BUTTONHOLE
I have been having some interesting discussions about the different ways of stitching the buttonhole stitch on Mary Hurst. Bethany used the plain buttonhole stitch as indicated by the diagram in the...
View ArticleA SAL for the less experienced.
I wondered if anyone would like to join in a SAL for the less experienced needleworker like myself? I think it would be great fun to be in a SAL but I am nowhere near being able to do the beautiful...
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Mary Hurst - Croatian Flat Stitch
Our eighth stitch for Mary Hurst is CROATIAN FLAT STITCH.This is a quick stitch that covers well when you get into its rythmn. It is very similar to fishbone but has a different "spine"Mary Corbett...
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Mary Hurst - Montenegrin Stitch
The stitch of the day for Mary Hurst is MONTENEGRIN.Mary can be stitched with Montenegrin or cross stitch - the choice is yours and there is no wrong or right choice. If you have a go at Montenegrin it...
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Mary Hurst- QUEEN STITCH
The penultimate stitch for Mary Hurst is the QUEEN STITCH also known as the ROCOCO STITCH.I used to feel apprehensive about using this stitch as I had read of stitchers' dislike of working it. I tried...
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How to access the Facebook Group for Our Scarlet Letter Years
Last night we had our 1000th member join the Facebook Group !!!I have had a few emails from both contributors and followers of the blog asking how they can access the Facebook Group "Our Scarlet Letter...
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Dona Dorothea - top half done!!
Hi Everyone,Where has the Fall gone? It sped by me it feels like overnight. I finally managed to finish the top half of Dona Dorothea. The ground seemed to take forever…and the little motif on the...
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Vote for the 2015 Scarlet Letter SAL!
Hello Everyone! As we near the end of the year it is time to start thinking of what is to come in the New Year so we have started a vote for a SAL stitch-a-long for 2015! Here are nine samplers to...
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Elizabeth Cox - A finish
Elizabeth Cox is finished. This sampler is an important milestone for me.The very first time I visited the Scarlet Letter website I spotted this sampler and thought "WOW" quickly followed by "I will...
View Article"Mary" Mondays - Mary Hurst SAL
Checking in on our first “Mary” Monday I would like to bounce some ideas around with the group.Sometimes SAL’s don’t suit everyone’s work loads and standing commitments so I think it would be nice not...
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A "MILLENNIUM" celebration and giveaway
I hope everyone has now visited the Facebook Group, it is good a good place to meet new stitching buddies and bumping into old ones too.It is so nice to see such a broad range of stitchers there from...
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The 2015 SAL!
What an exciting vote for the 2015 SAL!All of the votes from the facebook group and the blog have been tallied and it was a VERY close race, especially for the top 4! As there has been much excitement...
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MARY HURST
This is a round up of the posts about Mary Hurst in the Facebook Group Yesterday"MARY MONDAYS" - 30 days to go and counting down.We have had a marvellous response to the SAL for Mary Hurst and at the...
View ArticleThe Kelmscott Twelve Days of Christmas Giveaway
THE "KELMSCOTT" TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMASWe have a very special event on the Facebook group page starting on Tuesday, December 9th to celebrate The Twelve Days of Christmas for members of Our Scarlet...
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MASTERING MARY - THE GROUP LEARNING PROJECT 2015
Time for another "Mary Monday" with 47 stitchers participating and 23 days to go to our start date.I have had a couple of no-reply bloggers who would like to stitch Mary - I have no way of replying to...
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