Annual Winter Sampler Exchange

What a FUN day Paulette and I had during our Winter Sampler Exchange yesterday. There is no way I can describe it like she does, so I hope you will head over to Plum Street Samplers to read her write-up and see the better photos that she took. Let me just say that we had such a silly fun time laughing like two kids opening their presents on Christmas morn...should you happen to be a new visitor, my daughter and I have done a sampler exchange during December for many years now..it has always been something we look forward to each and every time. We are waiting for the day we will stitch the same design for each other, because we love so many of the same designers. Anyhow, I must show you what she stitched for me!

 

This would be Sarah Spurr, Carriage House Samplings. Is she not beautiful? If you know me, you know I love RED, so I squealed over this one. I love it that she put her own name on it (it is not a repro) and the year of our exchange. Paulette, thank you from the bottom of my heart!! I will treasure this always, always! ILYSM!

 

For her, I chose a design by Ellen Chester, a repro sampler, Hannah Cummins. Here is the photo I snagged from PSS' blog, beacause I had no time to take pictures yesterday. Jill did an amazing job framing these. I don't know that this is clickable, but there are such wonderful little details in here. I am amazed that a 9-year-old probably stitched this faster than I did. I love what we today call "mistakes." I think we call them mistakes because a child did it or that it might not be "perfect" by today's standards, but it most certainly adds to the charm. The main reason I chose this was because the verse is so..so..well, Paulette.

 

 

Here is another little sampler that I did back in the late summer. It is a Primitive Betty design, and I just love the way it turned out..I changed the name to reflect my own (maiden). And, of course, Jill framed this one as well.

 

 

A couple of small things I finished..I made this little stocking from some Moda fabrics I had and put a little Kelmscott button on it. That white spot that you might see there is from the light, not from anything on the fabric.

 

 

A wee Kelmscott sampler. This is really tiny, and I love the way it turned out.

My December Word Play, finally hanging..just need my rusty pin, but there isn't enough time left to rust one up. lol. This was such a fun stitch.

 

My bowl of smalls. I did not intentionally put it together because it was red..it just turns out that way. :) The little Christmas saying pieces are what Paulette stitched for me last year as a little surprise..and was I. You cannot see the third one, but it is there. Love them.

 

 

And I leave you with just a few things about the house that I have already posted on Instagram...

 

 

If you are still with me, I so thank you for stopping by and visiting and sharing your day. I thank you for all of your sweet comments left on my last post. God Bless.