Regency Roses

I actually finished the stitching on this small Just Nan sampler last year but never got round to sharing it as I went straight into the finishing. Shortly after I started I realised that I had started the hem stitching too close in to the stitching so it languished waiting for me to decide how to rescue it. A few weeks ago I decided to mount it on a fabric bellpull and managed to get it finished. Despite my best efforts it's slightly crooked but I'm going to wait till I'm slightly less sleep deprived (I'm aiming for somewhere round 2013LOL) before I try and correct it. As this is a Rose sampler it's going in Rosie's room of course.

Regency Roses by Just Nan, shop exclusive for Hanging By A Thread
stitched using the fabric and AVAS silks from the kit.

A finish and Quilts

I finished Forget Me Not a couple of weeks ago, it's taken me a while to have the opportunity to photograph it and then get the picture uploaded. I think I must have had this in my stash for around 10 years so it's good to get it stitched!

The Drawn Thread Forget Me Not
stitched on Lakeside Linens 36 count Vintage Light Exampler
with the NPI silks from the chart pack.

The weekend after I last posted we spent in London. On the Saturday Dave and Rosie went to visit friends and I got to indulge myself with a visit to the V&A with other members of the Sampler Guild. The main reason for the visit was to view the Quilts 1700 - 2010 exhibition although we couldn't be in there without paying a visit to the samplers as well.

The quilts were stunning, though the inclusion of a couple of YBA's left us cold (and if the comments I heard were anything to go by the vast majority of the other visitors as well). I treated myself to the accompanying book and a piece of one of the exclusive Liberty fabrics that have been produced to tie in with the exhibition. My goal is to make a dress for Rosie from it but I wouldn't hold your breath on that one, LOL!