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| Nerea's birth sampler |
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| Mum's Fire Screen |
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| The Flock! |
The women in my family have all followed a sewing tradition. My mother and her sisters created beautiful embroideries as family heirlooms. High blood pressure when I was expecting Nerea forced me to relax with needle and thread and Nerea is now an accomplished cross-stitcher too. Sampler sewing particularly appeals to me as the symbolism calls to my inner historian. But I have a guilty secret. Started over 20 years ago, I still haven’t finished “The SHEEP, the partially completed ovines offering a subtle reproach every time I start something new. UNTIL NOW. FOR I AM COMMITTED TO FINISHING IT
You have announced your intent so that will help you in your goal of completing the flock. I like samplers too and own a couple that were worked by my ancestors. They've been useful in family history research.
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ReplyDeleteThat's what I'm hoping, Christine. I'm determined to get it finished and am not allowing myself to plan any more sewing until I have
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