Hello people. What a gorgeous warm and sunny day we have in PA. Hope you're enjoying your weather and a peaceful Sunday. As my husband was watching golf on TV, the local announcer mentioned during a break that six local teenagers were killed in an auto accident this morning. That certainly changed the mood. As we all have heard many times, life changes in an instant.
Now for Mary. I said how much I enjoyed doing these simple but different stitches, but I can honestly say that I do NOT like freehand. Progress has been slow because of removing and repositioning, even though I had my actual size graph to follow. Not sure if I will follow the chart for the border's scallop designs but the bottom vines of the chart leave me no choice. 
Love this sampler but not enjoying it any longer. Why am I letting it bother me? I am a reckless stitcher who doesn't follow rules so if I am incorrect in a leaf position, why do I care? Freehand is exactly that and should be an interpretation. Honestly, I allow some of the dumbest things to bother me!
Several of you commented on the rabbit. It's an old design from Homespun Elegance called Mr. Hare. There is one chart available here, and I'm sure it's also somewhere on Ebay. This was stitched by my SIL on Klostern but it's not 7 count. I have another piece of the Klostern in a darker color and you can see it's smaller than 7. 
I had quite a bit of this stuff in two colors, and several yards of 7 count. All was sold on Ebay by including this fabric with the Cinnamon Stick series santa charts. I like this smaller count but haven't found any online so I don't know if it's still available.
Added - I received info that the fabric may be Heatherfield which comes in a 10 count, and the chart has been reprinted. Thank you Carol!!!
That's it. I'll be back this evening with the winner and I want to thank everyone again for participating!
Enjoy your evening!
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12 comments:
Agreed. I have no desire to do freehand ever again. lol! I have to say, though, that yours looks great! Good job! I hope you can enjoy it more -- I hate stitching when I'm not enjoying it.
Love your tags, but you already knew that.....
I can hear your frustration ;), but I think it looks good.
You are brave for even trying freehand. I can't quite imagine doing it.
I did hear you :) I agree, looks beautiful to me....Francine.
Inspite of being a reckless stitcher (as you put it) Mary is beautiful. How tragic about the 7 teenagers. The bunny is quite cute. Thanks for sharing.
Judy heartland stitcher
It looks fabulous, Marly!! You do great work.... but sorry you are not enjoying stitching it anymore... :(
The little bunny is so sweet!
Oh my.... my heart breaks for the 7 teens and their families.... I hate to hear news like that...
I hope the week ahead is a good one for you.....
Penny
Can imagine your mood changed when hearing about the accident, terrible.
Your free hand looks fine, so far no mistakes lol!
Enjoy the sun!
So sorry to hear about the teenagers. So tragic.
I love your freehand. It looks great.
Mr. Hare is pretty fabulous too!
I think that your tags are wonderful and am not surprised at the comments you received about them. I am not crazy about freehand at all and I doubt that I'll ever do it. I get too anal at times about all that and would just rather stay on the safe side.
Marly ~
I think it looks wonderful but I know I would HATE doing freehand stitches.
Prayers for the families of the accident victims. So sad.
Hugs :)
Lauren
Your stitching looks great , freehand is free to stitch so enjoy. Love your rabbit, hugs.
Well, regardless of you hating freehand (as do I!!), Mary is looking fantastic!! Love the tags too and too bad I missed out on the giveaway. You always come up with the neatest ideas!
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