1782

 Since this will be finished into some sort of bag/pouch (it looks medieval to me), it needs more length and omitting the numeric row is a bad idea.  So I charted the date 1782 (from the history) in place of the numbers.  

 Adding a strip of leather to the bottom of this bag is being considered. 

As of now, the leather strip would be beneath the pickets, no bottom border, should result in a good length.

But maybe a wide ornate frame would be better?  Hmmm.

This is the info on the back of the chart regarding this unusual style.

Cross Stitch Antiques

Benezet Alphabet Sampler

Have a good day folks.

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Numbers

To stitch or not to stitch...

that is the question. 

Moving up to the top border until I decide. The satin peaks at the bottom will be another color change to more teal, as seen in the original.

My furnace has run for two days.  

Crabby doesn't even come close.

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Progressing

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Backside original + 1

The twice misted was the favorite, the original in its neutral dullness kept pulling me back, time was wasting, split the difference and mist it once!!!

And so it is.

With color changes of course.

This unusual sampler intrigued me, but I've not seen it stitched or even mentioned.  My social media grazing isn't vast, maybe that's a factor.  But this market item is certainly not the typical sampler.

Hope everyone had a safe weekend.

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Choosing sides

 Wow.  First time this happened, glad it did.

I'm starting a few projects, one is this sampler.

The linen I choose was more gray and dusty, perfect for this.  The others I looked at had too much gold/green tone.

But you know I'm never satisfied.  I mixed taupe and a touch of gold which was difficult with crossed fingers.  I have several very small spray bottles to lightly mist linen for a barely noticeable change.  One random spray would have been enough, but I did two.  Looks like the chart photo ... but it's not over.

To my surprise, There was a bonus to my task.  The mist was light enough to affect the surface only.  No dye came through!  I now have a choice of original, adding a light spray, or using the twice sprayed.  Never had this happen!  But yay!

 

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 Memorial day is always spent with quiet moments and thoughts of those who didn't make it home, tens of thousands resting alone for eternity in foreign lands.  My posts from 2013 and 2020.

https://samplers-and-santas.blogspot.com/2013/05/never-forget.html

https://samplers-and-santas.blogspot.com/2020/05/memorial-day.html

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Uncle

I give up.

What I thought would be a really cool idea has been a disaster and waste of time.  Vintage needle packets had such great graphics and colors, but many too complicated to reproduce.  My vision was a bowl filled with small stitched pillows or pouches imitating them, and I have been trying my best.  Patience is required along with a good graphing program.... I have neither.  

These were the least complicated graphics, but still a challenge.

Most are just too complicated to reproduce as a small.

The simple red and green without detailed image seemed to be the only option I could attempt, which I did, and my old program failed once again before I could hit the save option, and it disappeared.  Patience I lack, but cranky irritability is abundant.  Not charting again.  This weekend anyway.  Next week?  

This is the one I was very close to completing. It's been a very long time since I attempted to graph and forgot that saving work continually is needed with this old program.

And these two were next.

Wouldn't a bowl of little pillows mimicking old needle packets be sweet?

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I hope everyone remembers the reason for the holiday.

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