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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Stitchers are such good people,aren't they?? I am so glad you got some floss to finish up with now!
Your work on the needlepoint piece and the sampler looks super. Hard to tell which threads are which! Enjoy the coming week!
That is going to be one beautiful Sampler, with beautiful colors.
Good luck with your Queen stitches! You can do it!
Love that Witch!
Looks like a great organization idea.
I can't tell the difference in the threads.
Marilyn
Hooray on the shutter green! So glad someone came to the rescue! Good for you for organizing your stash! Mine is in bad shape, of course. Ah well. LOVE your Hands Across the Sea sampler -- gorgeous! Queen stitches aren't so bad once you get into them. I have faith in your abilities! Love your witch needlepoint too!
Beautiful pieces and am happy someone came to the shutter green rescue
What a gorgeous sampler this will be Jackie. I cannot tell the difference between the floss...they are all in same color family and look like they will work perfectly.
Great job organizing. RJ@stitchingfriendsforever
Beautiful sampler. Once you get in the rhythm of the queens stitches you'll be done in no time.
I can't tell the difference either with the thread colours.
Great organising. Those tags look great.
good to see your HATS sampler Jackie - I'm with you on the Queen apprehension. Did you finish that little scissor sheath from the Taste Of - you might go back and practice on it and get your rhythm down. You Tube is always a good resource. You are so organized. I have the biggest clutter fest you've ever seen - could almost be classified as a hoarder except it's basically confined to one room. Sometimes I can find things I'm looking for and sometimes NOT - one day I will get sick of it and start in on my own organization journey. Take care mel
Wow! That Hands Across the Sea sampler is going to be stunning, Jackie. Having never done a queen stitch in my life (or even attempted one!), I know nothing about them. I sure hope you can get the hang of them. And I admire you for tackling such a project. I'm not a sampler stitcher myself as I have the attention span of a flea and just want to do small things that I can actually finish is a reasonable amount of time :)
Your organization looks great--doesn't that give you the best feeling to have everything in its place? And how nice that the new shutter green matches so perfectly! I'd never know which was the gift! Enjoy your weekend ♥
Wow your sampler looks amazing!
So glad someone could end a shutter green that matches yours.
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