Last Thursday I posted a guessing game asking how long and why did I piece together my band sampler. No doubt people are wondering what the answer is. Well the sampler measures 33 ft 2 inches or 11.05 yards in metric that is 1010.92 centimeters or 10.109 meters. If you …
CQMagOnline is Out The latest issue of CQMagOnline is out so make a cuppa settle back and enjoy it. Every crazy quilter is always on the look out for new ideas that can be applied as embellishments in crazy quilting. In the last issue of CQMagOnline Barbara Blankenship threw out …
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 …
Yesterday Deb of Just Enough Time left a comment “Can you recommend any other good sites for samplers, antique and otherwise?” I thought I would pull together a list of resources that relate to samplers. So make a cuppa, settle back and I hope everyone enjoys them. I have a …
I discovered a site devoted to Antique samplers which I had not encountered before. In order to see the material on the site you have to sign up and become a member. When I first discovered the site a few months back I was just too darned busy to investigate …
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 …
