Finally! I finished it! I haven't worked on this since January, but I was determined to get it done over this past holiday weekend. If you're new around here and want to catch up on the saga of this sampler, just click on the Sunday Mystery Sampler label. For a quick re-cap: I was breezing along on this Plum Street Samplers freebie (available here) until I got to the Eighth Day, when I decided to go my own way. I did my own thing on days 8, 9, 10, and 12, and it took me a while to decide what I wanted on days 10 and 12, thus the delay in finishing it. Once I had 10 and 12 charted, I decided I wanted more symmetry on day 9, so I did a partial redesign on what I had originally stitched.
"Lords a-leaping" always reminds me of Highland dancing, so I chose to use some thistles to represent that idea in the block for the Tenth Day. The blossoms are Caron Wildfowers in Iris.
This sampler is stitched with Caron Wildflowers (border is DMC 938) on 28 ct. Natural/Brown Undyed linen from Wichelt. All of my color choices for the blocks stitched as designed by PSS are in the posts showing the finishes of those blocks.
This is absolutely beautiful. You have such a great sense of color. Thank you so much for sharing!!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on your finish, Honeybee! It is beyond gorgeous and I really like how you made it yours and tweaked the blocks. As always, your color choices are fabulous. Well done! What's next?
ReplyDeleteNice job! Congrats for doing your own thing as well as your finish.
ReplyDeleteJHM
Woo hoo! I love it! So very, very beautiful!
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely gorgeous,a beautiful finish.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful finish! Had to look up the charts to see your changes - I like them very much and think using the 12th day block as your sampler record was an inspired idea.
ReplyDeleteGorgeous!!! I love it. RJ@stitchingfriendsforever
ReplyDeleteI love how you have stitched this Honeybee.
ReplyDeleteIt turned out great!
ReplyDeleteI love all of the colors.
Marilyn
Beautiful sampler. Great color choices!
ReplyDeleteI'll just chime in with the chorus ... the colors are beautiful. Soft and elegant!
ReplyDeleteLove your adaption of 12 Days! The colours are gorgeous! Well done on your finish :o)
ReplyDeleteYour adaptation is wonderful! I really like the way you have avoided the repetitive stitching in the later blocks.
ReplyDeleteI always think of the House of Lords when I hear Lords a Leaping and imagine them in their long ermine robes LOL
Beautiful finish! You must be really pleased with it :)
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