2021 Band Sampler Update

Time for another update on my 2021 band sampler. As you can see like many stories the sampler has taken a different turn. In my last post I explained how I had come to the end of my strip of fabric. So I had to make some decisions about what …

Story Roll Band Sampler Progress

It has been a while since I last shared an update on my band sampler story roll that I am stitching this year. The last time I wrote about it I left off where I marked the Year of the Ox. The only ‘journalling’ bit that has been added is …

2021 Band sampler rolling along

It’s time for another update about my annual sampler which I introduced last month here. It has been fun stitching it and is I admit, addictive. For those who have just swung by and don’t know the backstory, my sampler is what some stitchers would call a stitch roll. The …

Let the Good Times Roll Stitching my 2021 Band Sampler

For many years, I have been adding a strip of stitching to a long Stitch-roll or what is traditionally called a band sampler.  My sampler is a strip of fabric where I improvise stitches, add bands in a freeform manner and often journal on it too. If you want to …