Still stitching

"Sarah Seifer"

by The Goode Huswife

Fabric: 40ct Vtg. Maritime White

by Lakeside Linens

Fibers: NPI

I sowed the seeds last night

over the Sarah Seifer's garden

and fed some good plant food, too.

Voilà!!

Now I have a big tree in the center!!

Limo and I enjoyed our visit

to my LNS yesterday.

I took Sarah along with us

to audition the thread I needed for her.

The DMC thread in the middle

is the one the chart called for.

I managed to choose two closer ones

with Christy's help.

As I couldn't make up my mind

between the two,

decided to take both home with us.

As leaving the shop,

I gave a quick glance at these two.

One on the right in the picture

was stitched on 28ct,

and the left was stitched on 40ct.

"American Sampler"

by Sandy Orton

I started mine a few years ago

as a class piece Jean @LNS taught us.

It was originally  appeared in the magazine

"Treasures in Needlework: Spring 1993".

Then what happened?

Well, I even don't remember

where I put mine away...

What a sad thing!!

I think it was a quite challenge for me

to stitch on 36ct as I didn't see

good coverage on the linen surface

over two with one strand of AVAS.

I really like stitching on 40ct linen,

but for this particular piece,

I was suggested to go with 36ct

as there are quite a few speciality stitches

such as Queen stitch.

Anyhow, as I saw those two gorgeous pieces

 after such a long time,

I will have to dig my UFO pile

to find it to see if I can do anything with it.

-- Posted from my iPhone