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In yesterday's post, I mentioned that I had been doing a bit of stitching on the Hannah Thornbush sampler from The Essamplaire. A coup...

Ok, now it's done. Here is my version of Catherine Theron's How Great the Blessing . This is stitched on the 36ct linen supplied b...

Here's where I stand on Catherine Theron's How Great the Blessing sampler. In the past week I've added the verse, and the numbe...

Another reproduction sampler is today's featured WIP.  The Scarlet Letter reproduced the 1699 sampler of Martha Willkins .  Actually, I...

Today's featured WIP is the Hannah Thornbush sampler, reproduced by Margriet Hogue of The Essamplaire . Technique/Materials: Various...

(Note:  I actually started this blog post last Monday, and somehow never actually finished posting it.) It was great. I was actually sta...

Last week I mentioned that band 2 of Hannah Thornbush was complete. Both band 1 and band 2 had satin stitched areas. The instructions stat...

You may recall that I took Catherine Theron's Examplar IV in 2007 , and finally finished it this year. A couple of months ago, I poste...

I'm doing a mini happy dance because I've finished the first band of Hannah Thornbush . It doesn't look like much, but it's...

Though the instructions for the first two bands for Hannah Thornbush were posted last Monday, I didn't actually put the first stitches ...

Ok, so I haven't quite finished my last online class ( Floral Rondel ), and I have heaven knows how many projects started and many, many...

Please forgive the shameless promotion! My local EGA chapter is bringing Catherine Theron to town (Rochester, NY) this summer, and there are...

After the trellis motif took so long, I never imagined I'd be completely done with Catherine Theron's Examplar IV by this time! The...

This motif is one of the simplest on the entire sampler, but it is so elegant! I can see using it when I need a little something on other p...

After lots of over-one stitching, the flower trellis in the lower right corner of Catherine Theron's Examplar IV . This motif took a lo...

As I mentioned in my last post Examplar IV is now the piece keeping me busy during my days here at the hospital. At left is what it looked...

I'm making very slow progress on Examplar IV. The bits of over-one tent stitch, which I'm doing in basketweave, take forever! Thi...

There was almost no progress on Examplar IV on Wednesday and Thursday evenings. Wednesday was our ANG meeting, and I led another session o...

Sorry for the cheesy title on this post, but I couldn't resist. :-) I've just finished the bundle of knots below the butterfly on Ex...

As much as I love canvas work, working on the Quaker biscornu reminded me I also love working on linen. Because of this, Examplar IV found...