Eliza Morris by NeedleWork Press is the 2nd club kit in the Sampler Sewing Circle offered by Dyeing2Stitch. The kit came with the chart, linen and NPI silk floss.
I chose to stitch this on on a piece of 16ct Summer Storm by Seraphim that I had in my stash and Faded Denim 2235 silk floss by Vikkie Clayton.
I recently lost my "little" brother to cancer. I wanted to stitch a memorial piece to give as a gift to my "little" sister. Both of them are younger than me BUT our last name is Little, or was until we married.
Clara Ellen is #8 in the Anniversaries of the Heart series by Blackbird Designs and the design I chose to use.
Since some of the personalization was stitched over one, I chose a piece of 25ct Natural Lugana as the fabric and used the called for floss. I did change the inside of the windows to Onion Skin as the Olive Branch was a bit to dark for me.
I just placed an order for a frame from The Rusty Roof on Etsy. One of my favorite source for frames.
Home of the Brave was designed by Barb Adams of Blackbird Designs and published in 2002. Jean Lea of The Attic in Mesa Arizona released an alternate version as a remembrance of September 11, 2001.I chose to stitch it as originally charted by Barb.
Now I need to decide how I want to finish this one. I decided on a simple wood frame from Amazon.
Truly Thine by Blackbird Designs was released in 2004 and has been Out of Print for some time now. I had really never wanted to stitch it because the fabric color suggested was too dark for my eyes. But then I saw a post with it stitched on a lighter fabric with different colors.
The stitch count for the sampler is 69w x 93h. I chose a piece of 14ct pink aida I had in my stash and for floss the Color and Cotton Princess gradient set with C&C Aloe Vera for the green.
Gather Friends by Threadworks Primitive is copyright 2019 but I had never seen it till recently and since Autumn is my favorite time of the year, I had to order it. I have a hard time with color charts and Nan is always willing to print a b&w one for me which is very much appreciated. Love her designs.
Now to decide on a frame for it.
A Grateful Heart by The Scarlett House was an exclusive kit offered in the Homespun Needlework (Cross Stitch and Samplers) Facebook group a few months ago. I received it as a gift.
The kit was offered with various counts and kinds of Hawthorne fabric by Needle and Flax, with hand dyed floss or silk floss and some extra goodies. I chose the 16ct ct aida Hawthorne and the Weeks Dye Works floss. The fabric is a beautiful mottled light taupe color with slightly darker areas. The chart pack includes the big sampler as well as a small pin pillow.
The verse on the sampler is what sold me on stitching this one.
Each dawn brings a new day
For us to do whatever we may
Choose to be happy with a grateful (heart motif)
For we have been given a brand new start
Rather than stitch the rabbit that was the critter on the the far right, I changed it to another dog as we have two dogs. The black dog represents Shadow and the reddish brown one is Sheila. I took the final stitches on the sampler today. Now all I need to do is decide on a frame.
Since I had a gift card to Hobby Lobby, I decided to try out their framing department. This is the one I selected and the rabbet is deep enough to hold the glass, spacers, stitched piece mounted on foam core and another piece of foam core as backing. Now all I have to do is decide where to hang it.
