Moira Blackburn - again

Here is my framed finished project.  Love the colors in this one!

Three Things - Moira Blackburn

I love Moira Blackburn's design.  I seem to be drawn to them, they speak to me for some reason.  This is one of the largest samplers I have worked on to this point.  Originally, I bought the material, started it, and realized I had done a huge mistake, and there was no way to recover.  So......I just bought new linen, and started over.  Here is the completed framed sampler.

A house is made of brick and stone

This is a sampler I did way back in 2008.   I did post a picture of it, unframed, but here is the framed version.   Now trying to decide where to hang it.

Spring has sprung

Recently I have been trying to organize a storage area in my basement, and in doing so, I located a grape wreath that was covered under one of the piles.  I certainly don't want to be seen on an episode of the hoarders and so, I decided to recycle the wreath for my front door.

Bought some sale silk flowers at Michaels, some new ribbon.  This is the final result, which now hangs on my front door.

Rosewood Manor - Quaker Diamonds

Framed and already hung

Chickens

These are probably one of the next things to get framed.  I did these many years ago, from a kit that I bought through some cross stitch catalog I received.  I don't really like kits, as I hate having to sort the thread.  I am always afraid, I will run out of thread, or sorted the color wrong.  But....these came out pretty good.  The name of the kit is chicken soup.  If you look closely you will note that one of the chickens has vegetables in it.  The other chicken has various pasta noodles incorporated into it.

Cats

Although not a true sampler this a cross stitch I did for my sister.  At the time, she had 6 cats living with her.  Four of the cats were hers, and 2 belonged to one of her children, who was moving, and needed a place for the cats to stay, while the transition was being made.  Somehow, it seemed appropriate for my sister to own this.  I will tell you it took me about a year to complete this.  I took it with me everywhere!

Not only was most of the canvas covered with stitches, but most of the also had to be back stitched in black as well.