Marking Sampler Update

Good Afternoon Everyone!

I know you have probably given up on the 

"Marking Sampler"

 I shared with you for the first time in June.

Well, life gets in the way as you all know and it

kept being shoved aside for something more

important.  Well, I'm finally getting back to it

and trying to do at least two letters or motifs

almost every night.  I'm into the more difficult

letters now, so it is taking a little longer.

Well, the long awaited reveal.  Hope it was 

worth the wait.  Of course, if you have a memory

like mind, you probably forgot all about it, but

I hope not.

How much I have stitched~

Close up of some of the wonderful motifs~

This is the beautiful original~

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Guess what? I have another wonderful sampler

that we are reproducing.  And you say, why 

doesn't she finish the "Marking Sampler" first.

Good question and the answer is that I can never work

on one thing at a time.  I think that is a problem 

that most creative people have.

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Here is

"Amanda Dull"

(sorry for the poor pictures, but there is glass

over the sampler and I hesitate to take the

frame apart)

Some of the things I love everything 

about this sampler~

~I have never seen anything like it

~The letters are wonderful

~It is simple, but elegant

~The colors are wonderful

and

~The frame is to die for. 

 Unfortunately, I cannot reproduce that.

My question to you~

Would you like to see it reproduced

exactly, with all the missing stitches,

or have me fill in the missing

stitches, as well as I can?

Would love to know how you feel 

about this issue.  Usually I reproduce

a sampler as close to the original as

possible, but this one is missing

right much, but I think that only adds

to its charm.

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Please let me know what you think

about these wonderful antique samplers.

I hope to have the "Marking Sampler"

finished by the end of the month.  No

promises, but I am really going to try.

"Many Happy Stitches,"

Sandra