I thought I would share this with my readers. This is a knitting sampler rolled as you would a needlework band sampler. Made in Czechoslovakia in 1876 it contains more than 70 patterns. This piece is held by the Powerhouse museum and one of the aspects of thier site I …
MyPhotoStitch is a free online service which will take one of your photos and chart it ready for cross stitch. I decided to test it using this photograph. To use the program choose one of your photos on your computer. Make sure your photograph is under 1 MG as this …
I was exploring the Simply samplers website yesterday and discovered this Sampler Game in which you can design your own sampler from traditional sampler motifs. I spent an age mucking about enjoying this Sampler Game. To design your sampler you click to add or select object by clicking in the …
The back story I am starting the process of documenting a band sampler, band by band, section by section. This is a little of the back story. Since the sampler is 33 ft 2 inches or 10.109 meters long and still growing there is a considerable amount of information to …
For anyone interested in samplers and their history I discovered the 1926 edition of Leigh Ashton’s Samplers Selected and Described as a digitised book free online. The overview from the sixteenth to the nineteenth centuries covers primarily English samplers but European and American samplers are also included. The book contains …
It’s that time of week where I look back and ask myself what I have been stitching lately. So this is another work in progress report. (I know I am late posting this but for some reason my ISP is misbehaving today So I will be brief) First, as you …
This is the start of what may become the tale of two samplers and is actually a continuation of yesterdays post but for all those who swing by for links rather than chatter Susie Monday has a very good article about getting yourself going. 10 Ways to Unstick when You’re …
