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"Entwined Threads" Entwined Threads is stitched on 32 count Bay Rum Jobelan using silk threads from Dinky Dyes. The verse reads "with threads entwined that have no end this sampler blooms for you, my friend". The finished piece measures approximately 3-5/8" wide x 7-1/8" high; stitch count is 59 wide x 114 high. |
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"50 of my state samplers all in a beautiful quilt" Another stitcher has finished stitching all 50 of our state samplers and made them up into a quilt. Kathy Boersen contacted me just before Christmas to let me know it was done, and she took pictures over the holidays. I wanted to share them with all of you! It took Kathy 4 years to complete this quilt, which includes 4 corner designs that she designed herself plus 50 stars ... and the states are in order of their entry into the USA. What a beautiful job, Kathy - thanks again for sharing!! |
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Dweezle - Santa's Garland Elf
Dweezle is stitched using DMC thread over 2 fabric threads on 32 count Cream Belfast linen. Please note - Dweezle's face is stitched with one strand over one fabric thread. Design is 86 stitches wide x 142 stitches high, measuring 5-3/8" wide x 8-7/8" high. Chartpack includes beads and charms.   Melissa sent me photos of Dweezle, which she finished just in time for the holidays. Beautiful job, Melissa!! |
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| Last month I received the nicest letter from Lillian Pfannes in Winston-Salem, NC. She told me that she loves stitching Halloween designs, and that she had stitched "Ezmiralda's Brew" THREE times! She started out with a bell pull stitched over one thread on 18 count fabric; then last year made a wall hanging on 14 count fabric stitched over two threads. When her daughter saw it, she begged for one for herself ... that was Ezzi number 3. Lillian said she has enough fabric for one more, and I get the feeling that one will be for her granddaughter! I thought you might like to see what she did with these ... thanks so much, Lillian, for sending me the pictures! |
| I've heard from a few stitchers who wanted to stitch my state samplers and make them into a quilt ... well, I thought you'd all be interested in seeing what one stitcher did! Grace Leung from Canton, MI, contacted me last year about my samplers, wondering if I was going to do all 50 states. She said she enjoyed working on the samplers, and that she was learning about each state as she went along. She wanted to stitch ALL 50 and make them into a quilt. Grace did finish them all (what a project!); she made them into 5 quilts with 10 states on each quilt, and exhibited them at the Canton Liberty Festival this past July. I thought you might enjoy seeing what she did with them! 
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