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Posted in Samplers on Jul 31st, 2007
The chart for A Stitch in Time Mini Sampler appear in the Jan/Feb 1988 issue of CrossStitch & Country Crafts. Stitched on 14 count white Aida, the sampler was framed without a mat in a shadowbox bronze frame to keep the glass of the fabric.
Posted in Samplers on Jul 31st, 2007
My neice, a brand new doctor, had her first baby in June, a little boy. This was stitched for him . I finally got it stretched, matted, and framed and will be delivering it over the Thanksgiving holiday.
It was stitched on 28 count cream Jobelan, one of my favorite fabics to work [...]
Posted in Samplers on Jul 31st, 2007
I first stitched this sampler when Jim and I were traveling in our 21′ Sunline travel trailer. It hung in the trailer during all of our travels. When Jim’s daughter, Martha, and her husband, Paul, started using an old family farmhouse as a summer retreat, I thought this would make a nice [...]
Posted in Samplers on Jun 20th, 2007
This design “Why God Made Little Boys” from the Stoney Creek Collection was stitched for my grandson, Travis Lee Martin and given to him in 1990. The design is still available but it has changed considerably from this original one.
Why God Made Little Boys
Author: Unknown
God made the world out of His [...]
Posted in Finished Works on Jun 20th, 2007
Little girls’ purses hold magical things,
Cookies, paper dolls, and “diamond” rings.
But this treasure is nothing to the magic one finds
In little girls hearts and little girls minds.
This piece was stitched on white 14 count Aida and framed in a fire engine red frame. It was a gift to my brother and his [...]
Posted in Samplers on Jun 7th, 2007
This Folk Art Wedding Sampler was stitched for my niece, Megan Wells. The chart is from the Sudberry Series Book #4. It was stitched on ivory 28ct Jobelin over two threads. It is single matted in green with an ornate gold frame. The finished piece measures 14″ x 14″ framed.
I stitched [...]
Posted in Finished Works, Samplers on Jun 2nd, 2007
The Shenandoah Valley Sampler was worked on 14 count ivory Aida from an individual graph by W. W. Reynolds of Cary NC. I have no idea if it still available. The piece was professionally stretched, triple matted, and framed and was a gift to my husband on his 70th birthday. He is [...]
Posted in Pictures on Jul 29th, 2006
It’s finished and framed. The Lark Sparrow from the Crossed Wing Collection was stitched as a companion piece for the Meadowlark. It was stitched on ivory 28 count Jobelen, double matted and framed. While I finished the actual stitching last year, I am just now getting it framed. Framed, it measures 17 [...]
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