Friday, November 12, 2010

Cross Stitch

Joining in on Chookyblue's cross stitching, thought I would show a small selection of pictures, this one was stitched by a family member way back in 1831 when she was 8 years old. Although it was showing signs of wear it was professionally framed several years ago in the hope of preserving a little piece of our family history. Definiately an heirloom




This one, although not in the same league follows the same lines





The Earth Dancer - I began this one when we came over to Spain as at the time we did not know where we would be or living and I needed something to concentrate on



The Angel of Summer was stitched for DD's 18th birthday in June 2003, I managed to stitch this whilst she was at college, although once or twice she nearly caught me out by returning home early. It took me three months and was only just finished in time.



Somehow, cross stitch is always the one to fall back on, no matter what other projects are in the pipe line. Although these days I draw the line at 28 hpi rather than using 40 hpi silk.

18 comments:

  1. wow the top one is priceless for you.........so special......a precious sampler........
    love all the other ones you have done..........

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  2. wow the top one is priceless for you.........so special......a precious sampler........
    love all the other ones you have done..........

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  3. Love the Antique sampler....a special treasure! Lots of work in the others! I think 30ct is my limit now too!

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  4. Lovely designs - so detailed ... the antique one is so special - and done by an 8 year old too.... wow.
    Hugz

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  5. what a treasure to have one from such long ago!

    Love Leanne

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  6. Beautiful work...Love the Antique sampler....a special treasure to have...especially from a family member..

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  7. thanks for sharing your beautiful work...the top one is totally amazing not to mention priceless! how lucky are you to have something like that!
    cheers Julz

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  8. Thanks for sharing. I've seen earth dancer completed in real life, she is amazing.

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  9. WOW - beautiful L&L angels and beautiful heirloom.

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  10. I can appreciate how long those angels took to stitch...WOW! Love the heirloom...what a precious possession.

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  11. Thank you for sharing all your beautiful X stitches.

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  12. lovely...I have been thinking about stitching the Earth Dancer and the companion piece....

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  13. Beautiful antique piece and love all your work!

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  14. The top one is amazing I'm sure no 8 year old today would have the patients to sit and finish such a lovely piece. I love the dream catcher one also.

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  15. Hi Chrissie

    Gee that heirloom sampler is a priceless treasure!
    Yes, my eyes don't handle the fine work anymore and time is even harder to find - which is weird because I did most of my stitching when I was busy with my kids. It's been a fun display to blog hop through,

    Cheers - Joolz

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  16. oh lucky you to have a real family antique sampler, so special ! the common complaint with cross stitch is the 'able to see' problem these days, but think how did they do the old samplers, they had none of our modern day help.

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  17. Thanks for sharing, I too love your family sampler. Have you ever thought of making a modern version?

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