More samplers...

Thank you for all the lovely notes about my sampler wall and the new display cabinet in my office.

I thought that you might enjoy seeing some more samplers that I've stitched over the years. There are samplers in every room of our house except the dining room. I guess I need to look into getting some in there also. Now that the children are grown and on their own, even their rooms have samplers. (Poor Stephen has 16 in his old room!)

Here are some more samplers in the family room. Some of these designs are old, and I don't remember the names.

Starting on the left and working down in three columns:

Column 1--Blue House sampler (??) from Merrily Beams, Pomegranate sampler from The Needle's Prayse, Blue Tulip Sampler (??) from The Golden Needle

Column 2--Marquoir Sampler (with lots of changes), Sarah Owens from The Essamplaire, A Time to Sow from Margaret and Margaret

Column 3-- Aires of the Green from Sheepish Designs, Elizabeth Easton from The Good Huswif, Mary Sharp from Handwork

Next are the samplers on the stairway looking down from the top. (No matter how I stood, I couldn't get Mercy Hopkins in a photo.)

Eleanor Taylor from The Examplarery, Mary Trelfall from The Marking Samplar, Mary Ann Rundle from Historic Stitches, unknown (a gift from a friend), Mercy Hopkins (just a snippet shows in the photo) from The Examplarery, Elinor Simpson (just a snippet shows in the photo) from Historic Stitches


Here is a view looking up at the samplers. (We hope to get rid of the wallpaper later this year.)

Mercy Hopkins (just a snippet shows in the photo) from The Examplarery, Elinor Simpson from Historic Stitches, Blue Flax Sampler (not visible) from The Sampler House, Sarah Rogers from The Examplarery, Ellen Murray from The Essamplaire, Isobel Doig from The Examplarery, Simple Guidance from Sheepish Designs, and Ann Bowers from The Examplarery

This is just the tip of the iceberg....I guess I'm a true addict!!

On the stitching front, I've just finished stitching the first set of needlework accessories for Mrs. Waddelow. I hope to publish them in the fall and then do a second set in time for Nashville 2011. I've had so much fun with these pieces. Your many sweet notes about my designs have really been inspiring me!! Thank you!!!

Hopefully tomorrow I can get in some stitching on L. Haworth from The Marking Samplar. L. Haworth will look so nice in our bedroom next to the four other Ackworth samplers I've stitched.