A Cute Little Sampler Swap

I joined Linda's from a Swap for All Season's sampler

swap and really came out of my comfort zone.

I have professed my love of stitching.....but creating

for a one on one and making a sampler

none the less....left me a little worried.

Here is what I created.....as my husband said....It

sure has a lot of elements. I like to add a little of

this and a little of that to my creations. Essentially.....

I love how it turned out.

My swap partner is Christine Edwards. She is re-doing

her bedroom in blues...creams & browns and

she wants to put her sampler in the new decor'.

If that isn't enough to make someone nervous! She

has a lot of faith in me I guess. This is a little snippet

of a favorite area of the sampler. I stitched my little

flower bouquet on cream wool. I used robins egg

blue freshwater pearls and stitched in green. I went

up and around the stems with my floss....and

this was a first time technique for me. I adore

how it turned out and will try this again

and again.

Here is another close up of a section I

just absolutely adore. I used a

crocheted drapery thing-ey and used that

as my little frame for the cute little nameless baby. Didn't it work out

perfectly? I stitched it onto hand dyed velvet

and used a tan linen flax to stitch with.

I am pretty smitten with this little panel....I

hope Christine loves it as much as I do!! Also.....

couldn't resist adding a frozen Charlotte!!

These are becoming a little like Hope's

signature statement.

When Lindsey came home from school she saw

the little sampler all completed and posing

on a cake plate. She said....Awwww that is

so pretty. She was really happy when she noticed

I had happily stitched in some of her hand-made

paper beads. I secretly have been eyeing them

since she made them.....today I used them! I guess

I will just have to try my hand at making her

some more. Won't that be a dreaded chore? I am

thinking vintage ledger paper.....vintage sheet music.....

and vintage French book papers....what do

you think? I hope you have an artfully creative day.

Blessings~