Building Sarah's House....

Hello fellow friends and stitchers....

First, I would like to thank everyone who takes the time to comment on my blog or email me...It really warms me up inside to know you even like to read my ramblings....And, even if I don't email you directly, please know I truly appreciate your words of support...It IS my inspiration..!!

 

I would love to share with you my latest endeavor....I wanted to branch away from Hannah Jackson for a bit and I went straight away to "Sarah's House" by Blackbird Designs...Kitted and ready to go, I have given her attention for about a week or so...

 

Sarah's House

Blackbird Designs

36 count Abeccedarian Linen

Cotton overdyes

 

I experimented with the alphabet a bit....Notice the top 2 lines are the Rice stitch and Algerian eye stitch....I thought it looked nice as Sarah had stithched her original...With the uneven vine and the incomplete alphabet, everyone knew Sarah had stitched it...She evidently was "known" for such...

 

Cute that Sarah stitched her "J" a little backwards.....And, aren't the GAST Cucumber and GAST Burlap overdyes beautiful together???

 

I am now on to the bottom of the sampler to work on the brick and mortar of the house... More on that in the next post.

 

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Poor ole Sarah has not been totally neglected this past week..... She's a monster of a piece and with that being said, I just have to interject other stitches along the way....When you  last saw her she looked like **this**...and now, she's expanded a tad to this....

 

 

Hannah Jackson 1826

Reflets de Soie

36 ct French Vanilla Edinburgh

Au Ver A Soie silk threads

 

As you see, the alphabet stretches out quite a bit.....

 

 

 

 

This bottom portion is what got stitched this week....I see somebody's got their hands on their hips... That can't be a good thing...tee hee....

 

More stitching on both the ladies this week....Sarah and Hannah both are wonderful stitches!!!

I am getting a hankering however to stitch some of the wonderful Halloween smalls I have been finishing for folks.....Wow!! You guys are stitching machines...And, sending them to me to finish!! I thank you so much....Keep 'em coming....

 

I leave you with a peek of what I spent alot of my day doing .....I had 7 pouches to finish and mail tomorrow.....Here's a glimpse of one of them.....I just love red and creme together....

 

As we say at school each day, "Smile,so you will make someone else smile....And, always try to do your best...!!!"  I tell ya, when you hear another first grader say something like that to another child, it makes you grin from head to toe....Thumbs up....

 

Have a great week everyone....

 

Faye