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Friday, April 15, 2011
Thirsty Hart... the Second New Design Released Today!
Another new design for you today... now listed in my etsy shop and also available directly through me via email (beth@heartstringsamplery.com).
Inspired by old samplers with lush bowers of vines and flowers... Detailed floral borders, stags resting in green meadows... And a favorite passage in scripture, Psalm 42:1, which I added in the King James Version, because I love the old English phrasing:
“As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God”.
If you love stitching large, detailed samplers, then this is a sampler for you.
Stitch Count: 262 x 230
Model stitched on Weeks Dye Works 40ct. Putty.
Using flosses from The Gentle Art: 0112 Grasshopper, 0320 Old Brick, 7000 Harvest Basket, 7019 Pomegranate, 7041 Apple Cider, 7057 Roasted Marshmallow, 7060 Picnic Basket, 7080 Endive
And flosses from Weeks Dye Works: 1230 Havana, 1330 Baked Apple,2202 Bullfrog, 2219 Whiskey
Conversion to DMC provided with the pattern.
Also includes a full Upper and Lower case Alphabet and Number set for customization.
Inspired by old samplers with lush bowers of vines and flowers... Detailed floral borders, stags resting in green meadows... And a favorite passage in scripture, Psalm 42:1, which I added in the King James Version, because I love the old English phrasing:
“As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God”.
If you love stitching large, detailed samplers, then this is a sampler for you.
Stitch Count: 262 x 230
Model stitched on Weeks Dye Works 40ct. Putty.
Using flosses from The Gentle Art: 0112 Grasshopper, 0320 Old Brick, 7000 Harvest Basket, 7019 Pomegranate, 7041 Apple Cider, 7057 Roasted Marshmallow, 7060 Picnic Basket, 7080 Endive
And flosses from Weeks Dye Works: 1230 Havana, 1330 Baked Apple,2202 Bullfrog, 2219 Whiskey
Conversion to DMC provided with the pattern.
Also includes a full Upper and Lower case Alphabet and Number set for customization.
Thursday, April 14, 2011
A Revealing Post
In which I offer a glimpse of my backside...
I've been working like crazy on chart covers and last minute details. I am currently re-finishing a thrifted frame for the large sampler, then all that will be left is photo sessions. Check back with me tomorrow for the grand reveal(s).
I've been working like crazy on chart covers and last minute details. I am currently re-finishing a thrifted frame for the large sampler, then all that will be left is photo sessions. Check back with me tomorrow for the grand reveal(s).
Monday, April 11, 2011
What I've Been Working On
The sampler that I've recently given you a few peeks at is almost finished. But it has taken nearly 2 solid months, which feels like an eternity to this quick stitcher.
So this weekend, while spending lots of time on the couch getting over my cold, I started and finished the next Let Us Be Truly Thankful. I am calling it the May Flowers Edition.
It felt so good to both start and finish a piece in just two days. So good, as a matter of fact, that I attacked the aforementioned big sampler with a vengeance, and am now just an hour or two away from finishing.
Which means I can finally allow myself to pull threads for the next sampler... another new design that I have been itching to get started for the last month.
So keep your eyes open, because the plan is to have two new patterns available by this Friday.
So this weekend, while spending lots of time on the couch getting over my cold, I started and finished the next Let Us Be Truly Thankful. I am calling it the May Flowers Edition.
It felt so good to both start and finish a piece in just two days. So good, as a matter of fact, that I attacked the aforementioned big sampler with a vengeance, and am now just an hour or two away from finishing.
Which means I can finally allow myself to pull threads for the next sampler... another new design that I have been itching to get started for the last month.
So keep your eyes open, because the plan is to have two new patterns available by this Friday.
Monday, February 28, 2011
Not What I Expected
We had a doozy of a storm last night... high winds, torrential rain... I should have seen it coming... But still, somehow, waking to no power caught me unprepared. A storm like this in November would have had us filling the bathtub with water, getting the old corded phone plugged in, and getting our showers ahead of time. But on the last day of February, our hearts are set on Spring, I suppose, in denial of the wintery weather we have been getting.
I watched a big, beautiful, fir tree fall this morning, back along the treeline, accompanied by a *crackle* and a *CRASH*... and now, although the power is back on (only 5 hours without... not too bad), it is a blizzard out there, snow piling up faster than I've seen in months.
We made the best of our dark morning... never have I been more thankful for a woodstove to heat water, a collection of antiques, including a working burr grinder, and a ginormous french press hiding in the back of my cupboard.
The kids were full of questions, wanting to know how the grinder works, and can they please help? Exclaiming over and over about how much they LOVE grinding coffee.
Asking if, the next time the electricity goes out... can they PLEASE grind coffee again?
Then, we all enjoyed a spot of our special brew together. Can you tell which is mine?
The remainder of our morning was spent watching Dumbo on the portable DVD player and stitching by the fire.
Sometimes, embracing the unexpected leads to the best kind of happiness.
I watched a big, beautiful, fir tree fall this morning, back along the treeline, accompanied by a *crackle* and a *CRASH*... and now, although the power is back on (only 5 hours without... not too bad), it is a blizzard out there, snow piling up faster than I've seen in months.
We made the best of our dark morning... never have I been more thankful for a woodstove to heat water, a collection of antiques, including a working burr grinder, and a ginormous french press hiding in the back of my cupboard.
The kids were full of questions, wanting to know how the grinder works, and can they please help? Exclaiming over and over about how much they LOVE grinding coffee.
Asking if, the next time the electricity goes out... can they PLEASE grind coffee again?
Then, we all enjoyed a spot of our special brew together. Can you tell which is mine?
The remainder of our morning was spent watching Dumbo on the portable DVD player and stitching by the fire.
Sometimes, embracing the unexpected leads to the best kind of happiness.
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
What I'm Working On
Two main projects have been consuming my creating time lately...
The first is my current sampler, which I am having such fun stitching. I, of course, have a constant supply of my own designs to stitch, and I must confess that some of them feel more like work than others. I often will be completely consumed by creating the design itself on my computer and thoroughly LOVE the end result, then find that I don't enjoy the stitching of it nearly as much.
Other times, I become so taken with a sampler that from start to finish it is a real joy. I won't tell you which ones are which, because it doesn't seem to matter that much in the end; other than the fact that some don't get set aside ever, and others get set aside multiple times.
Since stitching is my job, I don't usually have more than three in my workbasket at a time, and that means I don't have any secret WIP stashes mouldering away in a closet somewhere.
The only non-Heartstring Samplery piece in my workbasket is Mary Wigham, who sadly, has been in-progress for a very, very long time. I will finish her someday, yes I will... I am putting in the initials of all of my immediate family, from the Grandparent generation down to Nieces and Nephews. And since Nieces and Nephews are still being born, I figure I have lots of time, right?
When I'm not stitching, I have been spending more time on my Picnic Quilt (thusly named because I am making it specifically for that purpose), which is made entirely out of scraps from my stash. All 72 nine-patch blocks are now finished, and a 4 by 4 block section has been sewn together. This is going to be one cheerful bit of quilty-ness for us to spread under the sky come Summertime.
I am planning to back it with a dark-colored sheet, and haven't decided yet if I will put in a liner. I want it to be pretty compact when folded so that we can easily take it places.
The first is my current sampler, which I am having such fun stitching. I, of course, have a constant supply of my own designs to stitch, and I must confess that some of them feel more like work than others. I often will be completely consumed by creating the design itself on my computer and thoroughly LOVE the end result, then find that I don't enjoy the stitching of it nearly as much.
Other times, I become so taken with a sampler that from start to finish it is a real joy. I won't tell you which ones are which, because it doesn't seem to matter that much in the end; other than the fact that some don't get set aside ever, and others get set aside multiple times.
Since stitching is my job, I don't usually have more than three in my workbasket at a time, and that means I don't have any secret WIP stashes mouldering away in a closet somewhere.
The only non-Heartstring Samplery piece in my workbasket is Mary Wigham, who sadly, has been in-progress for a very, very long time. I will finish her someday, yes I will... I am putting in the initials of all of my immediate family, from the Grandparent generation down to Nieces and Nephews. And since Nieces and Nephews are still being born, I figure I have lots of time, right?
When I'm not stitching, I have been spending more time on my Picnic Quilt (thusly named because I am making it specifically for that purpose), which is made entirely out of scraps from my stash. All 72 nine-patch blocks are now finished, and a 4 by 4 block section has been sewn together. This is going to be one cheerful bit of quilty-ness for us to spread under the sky come Summertime.
I am planning to back it with a dark-colored sheet, and haven't decided yet if I will put in a liner. I want it to be pretty compact when folded so that we can easily take it places.
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