Sites worth bookmarking: MyPhotoStitch


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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 …

Sites worth bookmarking: Simply Samplers


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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 …

For the Love of Stitching Band Sampler Back Story


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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 …

A Digitised Book on Samplers


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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 …

Work in Progress


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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 …

A tale of two samplers


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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 …

Work in Progress crazy quilting, samplers and chatter!


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Hi all grab a cuppa, as you can see I have done a little more crazy quilting work. Not much stitching because work is busy and frankly from now until the end of the year it just gets busier. I am also polishing my latest online workshop, so for the …