Posted in Needlework, Needlework:Mary Wigham, tagged Ackworth School Girl Sampler, Cross-stitch, Mary Wigham Sampler, Needleprint, Needlework, Reproduction Sampler on August 31, 2009 | 15 Comments »
Happy Monday, Everyone! I hope you had a good weekend.
I SPLURGED!!! I have a few quilt-related things to do, but after coming through two rather gruesome deadlines….. I just needed to chill. So, I splurged!! I read, I did some needlework, I piddled, I dropped off some quilts at the local county fair, and … [...]
Posted in Needlework, Needlework:Mary Wigham, tagged Ackworth School Girl Sampler, Jacqueline Holdsworth, Mary Wigham Sampler, Needleprint, Needlework, Reproduction Sampler on August 11, 2009 | 6 Comments »
Cathi noted that we might have to go back to remedial counting classes to help us minimize our most frustrating UN-stitching adventures detours in our needlework projects. The thought is rather humbling (and somewhat disturbing) to me because in my mind, I didn’t need to re-take any remedial Math courses. In my other [...]
Posted in Needlework, Needlework:Mary Wigham, tagged Ackworth School Girl Sampler, Mary Wigham Sampler, Needleprint, Quaker Sampler on July 28, 2009 | 10 Comments »
Hello Fellow Stitchers,
One step forward and two steps backward is my summary of my latest Mary progress!
Do you see anything amiss in the pictures?
The placement of my flower sprig is WAY OFF!! Can you believe I have been going on with life for at least three weeks and not even realized it?
I am a [...]
Posted in Needlework, Needlework:Mary Wigham, tagged Ackworth School Girl Sampler, Ackworth School Sampler, Needleprint, Quaker Sampler, Reproduction Sampler on July 22, 2009 | 12 Comments »
I have been imagining how Mary would have stitched her sampler. Jacqueline of Needleprint has already indicated that these samplers were stitched during off-time for the school girls.
So, I was wondering if Mary liked stitching right at daybreak, or by perhaps candlelight at night. Did she stitch her sampler in her bed, or [...]
Posted in Needlework, Needlework:Mary Wigham, tagged Ackworth Samplers, Ackworth School Girl Sampler, Mary Wigham Sampler, Needleprint on July 14, 2009 | 12 Comments »
This week, my Mary Wigham is being inspected by two Dutch inspectors:
They weren’t too impressed with my progress because I am still stuck in Part 1 of 9, while this week marks the week for Part 7 of the installment for the Wigham chart. They definitely didn’t buy into all the excuses I had for [...]
Posted in Needlework, Needlework:Mary Wigham, tagged Ackworth School Girl Sampler, Mary Wigham Sampler, Needleprint, Quaker Sampler on July 2, 2009 | 8 Comments »
Good day, everyone. I hope you are enjoying your day. I thought I would post a progress report on Mary before the weekend begins. I have been experiencing a puppy dog love for antique samplers ever since I started stitching Mary. Needleprint has indeed opened up the world of needlework for me like [...]
Posted in Needlework, Needlework:Mary Wigham, tagged Ackworth Sampler, Ackworth School Girl Sampler, Mary Wigham Sampler, Quaker Sampler on June 26, 2009 | 8 Comments »
Hello Everyone,
Can you believe it’s already Friday? I hope you have had a good week. I didn’t get as far as I would have like on Mary, but I did get my Northcott’s Victorian Courtship quilt finished in time to ship to the editor (YAY!). Below are some latest pictures of my progress on Mary:
It [...]
Posted in Needlework, Needlework:Mary Wigham, tagged Ackworth Schoolgirl Sampler, Mary Wigham, Needleprint, Quaker Sampler on June 19, 2009 | 10 Comments »
Jacqueline of Needleprint graciously made mention of me in one of her posts. I have enjoyed learning bits and pieces about the girls that stitched the Ackworth samplers while I am stitching Mary. I felt a strong sense of kinship and empathy with these girls (though most of them remain silent in their [...]
Posted in Needlework, Needlework:Mary Wigham, tagged Ackworth School Sampler, Cross-stitch, Mary Wigham Sampler, Needleprint, Quaker Sampler, Reproduction Cross-stitch on June 12, 2009 | 11 Comments »
I am not making as much of a progress compared to some in the Stitch-Along — go on to the USA group to see some amazing progress and pictures. Not everyone is using the suggested color schemes. So, you will see some neat interpretations of the sampler. This is what I have [...]
Posted in Needlework, Needlework:Mary Wigham, tagged Ackworth School Sampler, Cross-stitch, Mary Wigham Sampler, Needleprint, Reproduction Cross-stitch on June 5, 2009 | 10 Comments »
I am chomping at the bit to start on Mary, no longer! My linen came in yesterday!!
I am stitching Mary one over one on Permin’s Lambswool 32-count linen with DMC threads. I am following the suggested colors so as to reproduce the original sampler as close as possible:
So far, my Mary is looking quite sparse. [...]
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