The Three Things cross stitch sampler by Moira Blackburn

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.