I have a new addition to the wall of the room that I call our 'quiet room' - my Mum has done a fantastic job and framed my completed cross stitch sampler for me! It's the Three Things sampler by Moira Blackburn
(affiliate link) and I blogged about it here when I finished it - a massive cross stitch accomplishment - along with a teaser photograph, and now I can reveal the sampler in all its fully framed glory! It's a reproduction of a vintage sampler and it has lots of different designs including a gorgeous border and lovely different plants and animals. I think that my favourite part of the sampler is the house in the middle, one day I'd like to design a sampler featuring my current house! I really like the inscription too:
Three things there are that will never come back
The arrow shot forth on its destined track
The appointed hour that could not wait, and
The helpful word that was spoken too late.
It's a bit difficult to take a photograph of it when the glass is so lovely and shiny and has a tendency to reflect back the rather untidy other half of the room, but I think you can see how the red frame really complements the hints of red in the sampler. I'm so proud of it. It's a large piece, the frame measures 73 cm from top to bottom and there is plenty of detail in the cross stitch.
That looks fantastic!
ReplyDeleteCongrats on making the finals of the Mad Blog Awards!! Well done xx
Thank you!
DeleteWonderful news, good luck and fingers crossed for the award!
ReplyDeleteWell done you! That's brilliant news! Best of luck in the final round.
ReplyDeleteYour sampler looks beautiful x
Thank you very much!
DeleteIt looks great! I've just started one this week, I love doing them but it's a time sucker! Congrats on becoming a finalist too!
ReplyDeleteThey do take a lot of time, I tend to work on cross stitch while I'm watching television but my husband likes to watch television in the dark with full surround sound, so that doesn't work very often!
DeleteThat looks fab, well done! I promise that as a direct result I will attempt to finish some of my Cross stitching! Out of interest did you frame it yourself? I have a pile of completed work I really must frame...but have no idea how to go about it!
ReplyDeleteGood luck, I'm glad to have inspired you!
DeleteMy Mum framed it for me which was brilliant. I bought the frame and mount from Hobbycraft which came to about £30 anyway, I think that taking it to be framed professionally would have worked out very expensive.
Big well done on being shortlisted and your sampler if fab, I made a tapestry heart recently and it took me hours so I can't even imagine how long that took you. Mich x
ReplyDeleteThank you, yes it's a time consuming hobby!
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