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Seen on flosstube, the Serial Starter showed this gem. 

Susanna Hartley 1824

https://www.etsy.com/shop/GirlWithAGavel

Not sure if this sweet treat will be on 30 count or 36.  My lower counts are more coarse, more primitive looking, and this sampler is definitely that.  Not much difference in size between the two, but my head is as squishy as a watermelon right now so decisions are not reliable.  

Grateful for the low price!  My garbage collection is doubling, they pay $24/hr with full benefits, no workers, one company is left which means no bids.  Matching that cost is the sewer that was over 10 grand, now $75/month, no water service.  The real estate taxes are being reassessed, always a large increase.  Electric is 50% higher, school taxes are killing us.  We will be selling the house in a year or so.  Once Carole is settled with help, I plan to look for part time work.

Remember the fern that I failed to discard?  It will be covered with four to six inches soon.

I am crabass, hear me whine.

Have a good one!

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Gigi R Little Dutch Sampler

 I was wrong, two colors were left.  Very similar symbols in the border.  Good thing I glanced at the chart photo to see the top right was red.  

The original sampler has green striping at the top and I'm not sure if it is in the material.  I liked the look so added a single backstitched row.  More would have been better, but sometimes a project comes to an abrupt end.  I'm done.  

Good night!!

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Down to one color

 Continuing the green border is all that remains of this project.  Clothing colors were changed, a few letters also.  Many greens listed, very similar, I decided to use only two.  The strong purple was subbed with 3740.  The man is shorter and higher off the bottom border.  Being on separate pages this wasn't noticed until now.  I may add a few stitches to align him with the tall gal (I detest the word tall), because I have a problem with balance.  Yes I do.  Once the border is completed I'll decide.

What's next?

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Why?

 What is it about this sampler that has set my stitching mojo into high gear?  I came home from carole's after a long afternoon. We had sandwiches from a new to us restaurant, highly recommended from friends who obviously never had a good sandwich.  Take out of course.   If it wasn't for four calls afterward that kept snapping me out of a stupor, I would have been sleeping by 8.   I slid my stitching station to the sofa and planned to just check the chart's middle pages before bed.  Next thing I knew, four rows were stitched.

This morning, I went to the sofa to retrieve the station, and saw this.   Oh no.  Missy, who has not been outside in months, has tapeworm!!  Once back to my chair, she left them there too!  That much?  One night?  And good grief how did they get into the microwave!  Oh.  It seems my home made heat wrap is leaking rice.  Made years ago, time to replace.

 Hope your day is fine and dandy.

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Progress

 In stitching.  Nothing else.

Changed the pole color from pink to rust, head from lavender to tan, boots to brown.

The green border on left will cross beneath as the bottom edge.  Starting on middle section this evening.

Have a good day.

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Poor Ann

 Not very popular!!  

I know hand drawn charts are not desirable, but I do what I want most times anyway.  Authentic but odd stitches in a reproduction are ignored, I change colors to my preference, and I'm pleased with those changes in Ann.  The called for pink would be nice also.  Anyway .... here ya go.

Sharlene, I don't have your email, please send your address and I'll get Ann to you.

Thought I would show my progress on Little Dutch.  

Have a good hump day.

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