A Stitcher's Finish

Happy Sunday all!

My friend Theresa sent me

this picture of her Noblewoman's 

Pouch.  She stitched this beauty

for a friend and her friend loves it.

Who wouldn't? How sweet!

Theresa, your finish is lovey 

and thank you for sharing it.

I love to see how creative

     you all can be.     

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 As I mentioned... 
I started stitching a marking
sampler called Sophia Waters.
Thanks Marly for the inspiration.

  It's really a very primitive design
and I love that.  It's quite different
from any sampler I've stitched before.
Sophia made lots of mistakes and
I think I'm making almost as many as her
by trying to duplicate her errors :)
But I'm loving my time with her.
Since I'm also working on a few

other projects and designs for Spring,

I try to dedicate a bit of time

each morning stitching her.

As far as I know, the chart

is still available from R & R's

website Dyeing to Stitch ,

if you'd like to stitch her too.    

I'll keep you posted on my 

progress.  

Until next time.....many happy

stitches,

~Nan   
  
      

TWO NEW PATTERN RELEASES

Hi Friends.  I am truly excited

about these two new patterns.

The first is "Noblewoman's Pouch".

( Border stitch count 64 by 77

Motif stitch count 39 by 39)

 This pattern was designed

hand in hand with my friend and 

partner, Mimi, of The Restoration

of My Humble Spirit.

We are both very proud of the

way it turned out.  I really enjoyed

the stitching and the finishing

on this.  It was so much fun to 

put together.

The model was worked on 30ct Straw 

linen by WDW using a combination 

of GA and WDW floss.

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The next is "Falling Leaves Sampler"

( Pattern stitch count 91 by 117)

I tried to use all the colors in this that 

reminded my of Autumn.

The model was stitched on 32ct

Ligonier Latte linen by R&R

and also uses a combination of 

GA and WDW floss.

Both patterns are $10.00 and can be

purchased from me via email or 

through my Etsy Shop

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Thank you for all your continued support

and your friendship. 

Wishing you many Happy Stitches!

~Nan

Some Progress

Happy Sunday my friends. 

It is so gorgeous out today.  I was up in my 
sewingstudio with all the windows open
and italmost felt like I was outside.  

In my last post I showed you

the start of a new Fall alphabet sampler

I'm stitching.  I've made some progress

in the fact that it's all stitched and the

hornbook that I want to mount it on is cut 

out.  I need dear hubby to drill a proper 

hole in the whale tale top for me

and then it's on to staining and waxing.  

I think I'll use a nice dark stain 

to make the sampler really pop.

I stitched this with WDW and GA 

floss and I love the mix of Fall colors

on it.  

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Ruthe and I have been hard at work on our 

next pattern together.  It's a cross stitched

pocket.  It's been a bit tricky to get 

this one charted, but it's really coming

along nicely.

Here's a sneak peek.

I still have a ways to go with finishing, 

but I am really excited about this one.

I'll try and post pics as things progress

on the pocket.

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Thanks for visiting and for all your 

wonderful comments.

Hope you are having beautiful 

weather where you are too.

Smiles,

~Nan