HELP!!
I fear I have Samplermania!
I'm becoming obsessed with stitching samplers. Of my wips, almost all of them are samplers, the few that aren't are holiday ornaments. When I first started cross stitching, I did mostly nature things, critters and flowers and such, with the occassional human-form (a stately lady and a few angels) tossed in for variety. I think the reason I love doing samplers so much is that I can pick and choose my own colors just to see how they work together.
One of the first samplers I did was from Country Cross Stitching magazine (I think) from the 1990's. I love this sampler -- the verse, the border, the little critters, etc. What I do not like, even to this day, are the colors. If I was stitching this sampler now, I would definitely change some, if not all, the colors.
Today, I'm older, maybe a little wiser and more experienced. Today I have three pretty samplers all in a row (with colors chosen by me):
And the last (but not least) pretty sampler is Old European Sampler by
Steve Rousseau
Isn't color fun? You gotta try it!
Good news about my knotted dogs -- I received them last week. Unfortuately, the pattern was sooo tiny, I had to get it enlarged before I could even begin to see what needed to go where. And when I did get it enlarged, I noticed each dog only has 3 paws. This bothers me a little, especially since all my dogs have four. But I'm getting over it and hope to begin stitching this week.
Later ......
