Let’s play a guessing game but first let me fill you in on the back story. Over the last couple of days you may have noticed an increased interest in samplers. For years I have made and kept samplers as a personal reference and teaching aid. I love them. I …
I have another finish to report this morning. I listed it as WISP 1 in my declaration of UFOs and WISPs in early January So I am feeling very self satisfied. As you can see it is the bone sampler that I started last year. It is worked on linen …
For what it is worth here is the first project off the hoop for the year. Listed as WISP no 2, it is a sampler of odd stitches and patterns I wanted to try out. I work most of my samplers in bands as they created simply to record a stitch …
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Sit down and grab a cuppa as I have a few newsy items this morning and a bit of musing has been going on. Firstly the Take it Further challenge is still growing as people are still signing up. It now sits at well over 200 people who have signed …
Settle back for a cuppa as I have a few threads of a story to weave together. Mid Year Eve (my daughter) purchased her first sewing machine and became interested in quilting. She rang me up asking if I had any quilters cottons. I felt a failure as Mum, when …
Once again it is time for my weekly WISP report. This weeks block is actually a block for a quilt that is being made up as a gift for someone. I don’t think she swings by here often, and I think she has no idea that a quilt is being …
