It's Completed !!!

I’m very happy .. happy .. today. At last, I manage to finished my 1826 Sampler after a long .. long .. way … since I started on July 9th 2008. Wow .. that is nearly 1 year I've take to finished it. Thanks to all friend who always visit my blog and give me encouragement until I can done until this far.

This is really tough work I must say.. lie if I say that it’s easy as you can see I’m using only 2 colors .. black and variegate red (DMC 115). I just enjoy myself and using my pleasure time to stitch it so I will not get boring and can finished it without any pressure.

Well, I would like to take this opportunity to thanks all the 1826 Sampler SAL members … Margaret, Emily, Rose and Zohrah. We keep on updated one another on our SAL and this will help to burn our spirit when we are not in the mood to stitch the project.

Without further note, I would like to show you my sampler and I really love … love .. love … the whole pieces and I’m glad that I have choose the 2 threads to finished this sampler. Have a look everyone. I will only send this piece for frame once my new house is done so I can mix and match the frame with the color of my wall.

After this I going to stitch Rose Sampler for Part 7 that is out yesterday. Stay tune with me friends and I gonna update my CdC very soon. Going to complete it as I need to put some more stitch on it *wink.

Till then .. have a nice day ahead everyone :)

1826 Sampler ...

So far this is what I have done with my 1826 Sampler. Kinda speed it up because I've be hold this sampler for 8 months already. March is coming and I still have about 40% to finished the whole piece.

The more I stitch it ... the more I love this sampler and never feel regret to start it. I wonder how is the progress of the sampler from all my SAL friend but this is how my 1826 sampler look.

Feel free to put some comment on it everyone ..... Show time ....

1826 Sampler
Using DMC 112 & 310 on 16ct White Aida

Another view for the sampler

So for this weekend, I gonna use it to stitch Part 3 for Rose Sampler 2008 from EMS Cross Stitch Board. For those who forget, you may download it here. Hope to post the result of the part 3 on Monday.

Till then, happy stitching :)

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1826 Sampler update !!!

Another update for today. This is how my 1826 Sampler look. Still have long way to go and I can't wait to finished it. The real look is more perfect that the pic that I take. I must say that I really love the way it turn out for this moment and hope to put more stitch on it during my long leave for this coming Chinese New Year celebration. Here you go ...

My latest pic on 1826 Sampler !!

Hi everyone !! Thank you all for your comment and yes, I really enjoy working and stitching on "A Bouquet for Cheryl" and hopefully can finished it into something soon.

At last my pc is working well. I try to update on my 1826 sampler since yesterday but I can't do it. My pc always got hang and give a lot of trouble while I try to transfer the photo to my pc.

This is my latest installment on 1826 sampler. Yippiee ... I can say that I was really satisfied with the outcome so far and the mix and match on the thread between 112 and 310 was done pretty well. At least it turn out really antique look for me and can't wait to stitch the other motive.

1826 Sampler

Using DMC 112 & 310 on 16ct White Aida

Progress again ....

A little bit update on 1826 Sampler. Such a slow progress but better then nothing. Been busy lately with my office and house work. Trust me and I hope to stitch more on this sampler this few days.

1826 sampler
Using DMC 310 & 115 on 16ct White Aida

I have choose some chart to stitch for my partner for CCE exchange organise by me for Needles & Crafts group. Going to finished it into a cushion cover. Really hope that everyone who participate this will enjoy the exchange.

Progress report on 1826 Sampler !!!

Hello everyone !!!

Yeah ... I'm looking forward to start this 1826 Sampler on the June 1st as we (Zohrah, Margaret, Emily, Rose & me) agree to do it as an SAL. Since today is 5th June, 2007, so I going to report my progress on the sampler for 5 days I'm busy working on it. This week I will fully occupied my time to stitch this sampler and next week will be for Terre de France project.

I just love the combination of this two color and it's match each other very well. Very slow progress and didn't manage to finished the first design. Althought the chart was look very simple, but I keep on doing mistake by miscount the boxes ... errrr ... have to restitch again and that make me waste a lot of time. Anyway, better then nothing .. here is the progress so far and hope to done more this few day.

Beside that, I would like to wish Happy Belated Birthday to Deb. I suppose to wish you on the June 1st but as you already know that I'm not arround as I was celebrating the Harvest Festival at my hubby village. Wishing you a whole lotta happiness & sweet surprises !!

Mix and match !!

Today I work on night shift, so I have plenty of time this morning to do my XS project. Since I already cut my fabric for Vierlande - 1826 Sampler, so I decided to stitch it today. I'm still play around with the two threads that I choose so I could have a wonderful sampler when it is finished later.

This is the outcome of my experiment today. Is the DMC Black and DMC 115 match very well. Please give some opinion friend. Hemm ... I kinda like the sampler very much and hope to stitch some more tomorrow. Will upload some progress soon.

Vierlande - 1826 Sampler
Using DMC Black & DMC 115 on 16ct White Aida

Vierlande - 1826 Sampler !!

Hi everyone ! Thank you for the wonderful respond and comment to my last post.

I was so happy to informed everyone that I will going to start another sampler ... ya ya ya ... I know, my Terre de France haven't finished but already have a big heart to start a new one. Anyway, I just can't stand it. I can't wait to finished the Terre de France and start this pieces.

I would like to thanks to my sister who bought me this wonderful chart as a gift for Mothers Day. Such a sweet sister who know her big sister interest on XS very well. Isn't this chart was so wonderful. I actually wanna post the surprise gift here but I have been really busy lately. Guess what, I didn't know the surprise gift was a sampler that I saw from Margaret post on Needles And Crafts group a few weeks back. I was chatting with her and post the pic to her and telling her how I really ... really love the chart. Suddenly it was on my table yesterday and give me such a big suprise. Thanks my dear. Muahhhh ....

I'm going to use 16ct White Aida to stitch this chart . I choose DMC 115 and DMC Black .... hemm .... why ??? ..... just to get an antique sampler style on it. The chart, I have counted, is 333 x 283. I gonna work it using 2 stands.

A bit of the Sampler. The sampler was embroidered primarily with black silk thread on 16ct unbleached linen. The embroiderer worked only very few stitches in red/violet silk. The sampler originated in Vierlanden, a small vegetable growing region south-east of Hamburgin northern Germany. The original sampler is now displayed in the German Embroidery Museum in Celle.