I have been a bad girl. I was home on Friday evening and had a finish on the weekend but no blog entry. I just for some reason have been too busy with my needle and thread to pick up the computer. I have only visited a handful of blogs and not stopped by to say hello. But here it is...drum roll please...
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My French Abecedaire sampler is finished if only a year late. As my regular readers know, I put this aside last year when I became too ill. I had not planned on letting it sit as a UFO for so long as I really do love it. I stitched it 1/1 on 28 count using DMC 3787, 3721 and 223. I found a frame that was perfect for it at a shop here in Holland called Action. It was a steal at only 1,49 euro.
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I want to thank
Gazette94 for a wonderful SAL sampler!
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Our vacation was very wet and cold but we enjoyed exploring the Harz is Germany. We stayed in Quedlinburg but, thanks to
Anita, made a pitt stop in Braunschweig on the way there to visit a
quilt shop. Yes, I broke my stash diet. I am excited to start on some projects soon with these...
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On my return home, I had my second part of the new SAL from
Sophie waiting in my inbox so I had to start on it right then and there.
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And to celebrate the finish and framing of my sampler, I have the winner of my next surprise giveaway. I went
back to this post and the random number generator gave me comment number 12. How about another drumroll...
The winner is
Christine. I made her a fob using various green beads since it is almost summer time and added a sewing charm of a measuring tape. Congratulations Christine and can you email me through my profile page Christine so I can put your scissor fob in the mail to you?
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I hope you are having a great week. It is hard to believe that this is the last week of May! I will be sharing another framed finish before long. Two finished in one month feels really good...
Happy stitching!