Tuesday, April 23, 2019

A Little Break with some Stitchin'

Gentle Friends, so... I've been away since last Thursday, just a little staycation, but it was nice and quiet.  Did some laundry, vacuuming, and some general puttering. Rico also took the time off so we went out to breakfast a few times and slept late... not that the Who-hounds would let that happen...but later than 5:30 am is sleeping in around our house!!  

I did get some stitching done and here's a shot of Swan Pond Sampler...

... it was at this point that I made my first big change.  The sampler as charted had the eyelet alphabet ending with the letter "M."  Well, that didn't sit well with me so I decided to extend the alphabet to the end.  The Sampler has/had a large medallion with information about the house in this space.  I will rework that info and use the space better, IMHO.  I've also decided to change the charted colour of the house from a sort of woody brown to a more appropriate colour to represent the pink marble and limestone house.
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That's about it for today sports fans.  Thanks again for stopping by do stop again!!

Good Words! Good Thoughts! Good Deeds!
edgar

8 comments:

  1. Gone so far.... with eyelets, no less... and all the rest, as well..
    another warp speed example.

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  2. Glad you enjoyed your staycation! Swan Pond is looking great! I like your whole alphabet change.

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  3. I don't understand why some alphabets have letters missing on samplers, I need the full 26 letters.

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  4. Swan Pond is beautiful. I like having the full alphabet also. Glad you had a good staycation.

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  5. Great progress, I love eyelets they are fun to do and stitch up fast. Remember Julie reproduction samplers did not use both J and I ( i think) interchangeable back then. Also Vs and Ws or is it U and V anyway fun information anyway.

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  6. Very nice. It would look weird if the alphabet stopped at M! Sounds like you all had a wonderful staycation!

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  7. It is a beautiful sampler. I am looking forward to seeing your changes!

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  8. Dearest Edgar: You have made great progress, I love the colors of this design,
    so pretty and stunning.

    Catherine

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