Need Your Input on Marking Sampler

Hi Again!

2nd post in one afternoon, what in the

world could that mean?

Well, what it means is I don't know what

to do and I need your input~

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Here is my progress on the

"Marking Sampler "

reproduction.

So many of you have been asking

about its progress and I'm sorry

I've neglected to post some

pictures.

Well, believe it or not, I am almost

finished, with the exception of

the simple, dreaded border

situation.  As you can see

in the picture of the original,

the stitcher obviously meant to

fill in a lot more area with more

wonderful somethings.

Well, she didn't, so my question

to you is do you want me to graph

it with the entire area bordered in.

My thinking right now is that I

am not going to stitch the

sampler leaving the space blank.

I will just stitch that border 

that is at the bottom under the last

stitched line.  Once again, though

you may disagree with me

and I want to know what do you think.

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Note that the last line of short

letters was not completed, so I

am going to add my initials,

date, and a repeat of some of

the unique motifs that were 

used in the sampler.  Some of

you, I know are more of a 

purist and will probably leave

it blank.  I have pondered this

dilemma too, and I'm leaning

on stitching my name.  Of course,

that could change, who knows.

At my age I seem to have

a problem with making a 

decision.

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I love this sampler and it has

been a long time coming, I know.

Hope it was worth the wait.

Of course, I still have to graph it

and print it.  Any volunteers on

the graphing?  HaHa  It is the least

favorite part of the designing 

process.

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Here goes~

My progress~

Showing the unfinished area and the space left 

for possible personalizing~

 Some of the wonderful motifs~

Another close up~

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Please let me know what you think.  I

will be waiting to hear from you.

"Many Happy Sampler Stitches",

Sandra

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