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Cross Stitching a Sampler Delayed

I was in deep need of something to cross stitch Saturday night. I have no real store to get anything close by.  I am so loving cross stitching my monthly cottages. I am out of the cloth I wanted to use for March, so I ordered it. Waiting for it to arrive has found me with several days of no stitching.


After going to the farmhouse yesterday, I knew I needed to do a sampler for the dining area. I went looking in my handy dandy tub of old books. I came across this old magazine from 1993. Remember, I have a hard time throwing anything away. An organized pack rat.


I started Saturday night. Gathered my thread and found some linen large enough. Worked on it a little last night.

This afternoon I sat down to do a bit more. It was then that I realized that there was a serious flaw in the pattern. 


Did you catch it? There is a missing letter in the alphabet. There is no "J." 

I was so aggravated, but seriously glad I discovered it before I was anymore invested in it. The pattern as well as the picture of the finished product had the mistake in it. Arghhh!

While I am it, the magazine did have something right. You see that cover?!


It inspired one of my favorite shirts ever. I wore this baby back in the nineties. Remember, I am an organized pack rat, so yes, I still have it. It is yellowed since it was a cheaper shirt. I loved that blanket stitch down the center.


Looks a little worse for wear these days.

I really should have looked for an old picture of me wearing it, but I was lazy.


It may actually be time to throw the shirt away and cross stitch those hens on something else to put in my farmhouse.


As for the sampler, I ordered two patterns this afternoon. One by Blackbird Designs and the other by With Thy Needle and Thread. I will do a sampler for the farmhouse after all.

Hubby and I went to see 13 Hours this evening. Hard to watch, but in my opinion one to see.

Ready to stitch, but maintaining patience,
Sandy



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