Here are a couple of other things I've been working on while I was away. I started When Thou Art Rich by Hands Across the Sea Smplers. I had the good fortune of seeing the antique while I was at Sassy Jacks in January 2018. Such a beautiful sampler. I've LOVED stitching what I have stitched so far. The next row, however, is a row of queen stitches and I'm honestly not sure how I'm going to get through that. The queen stitches are over 4 on 40 count and are the light yellow so not a good thread color to really see what you are doing. I know I'll get through it at some point and hopefully I'll grow as a queen stitcher because there are other rows of queen stitches in this sampler!
I found a very bad photo of the antique. It was sitting in a window where the light was coming from the rear.
I've also been working on Curly Witch from a class with our EGA chapter in 2018. I've really enjoyed this so far. It's the first time I've stitched a plaid and I'm happy with how it came out. I've got a fair amount of work left to do but I'm sure I'll get it finished at some point.
Things with my stash got to the point where I couldn't find anything. I had kits bagged up but they weren't labeled so what good did that do? Also my charts were in a drawer which meant it was a pain to find anything. So I pulled much of it out of the closet and got to work. The charts are now alphabetized in magazine holders (you can see them in the background) and my kits are in more similar sized bags and are labeled.
Here are the labels I'm using. I can reuse them easily. I also bought the binder rings from Amazon very inexpensively. I feel better about being able to find things now. Still lots of work to do in there but being able to find most of what I need is a real improvement! It seems like any stash needs constant maintenance!
Remember my dilemma on my last post with the Shutter Green dye lot? A reader sent me her older dye lot of Shutter Green along with a Victorian Motto Sampler thread that she felt was a good match. Here are my two Shutter Greens along with the ones she sent. Can you tell which is which? I don't have her permission to say who it was but THANK YOU!!!
I hope all your stitches are happy ones!
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