This Sunday’s musings ...

Just a quick post to update you ... thank you all for your questions and kind comments.

For those of you wanting to purchase The Examplarery’ s Frances Burwell sampler,
There are a few options : - you can have your Local Needlework Shop ( LNS ) order it from Joanne Harvey; you can order it via an online LNS, or you can order it directly from her ( although I think she prefers one goes through shops and does not have a website ).  You can order it , like I did, from Colonial Williamsburg (- search online for : shopcolonialwilliamsburg and then type in the name of the sampler ‘Frances Burwell’ ).

And here is a quick photo journey through some of things I am keeping busy with this weekend :

Thinking about technique and colors and preparing my next Japanese Embroidery project , 

God willing 

Facebook ‘reminded’ me earlier this past week that it has been three years since I finished stitching  Frances Cheyney ....  it now lingers safely in my one of my ‘finished embroidery cabinet drawers... one day I will make the time to finally get all the projects in the cabinets framed and on some wall in the home or office ... some day !

Just now, I am just grateful I can continue to enjoy my passion of just the process of stitching .... grateful that despite time and quirky health challenges these past years, I have been able to start and finish quite a few projects in various techniques... I realize I did not ‘blog’ or ‘broadcast’ all my embroidery. 

Just some progress photos on Frances Burwell and thanks to a snow day...

Now am on the last band and ‘almost done’ with this sampler which has pleasantly surprised me with the use of color, simple stitches and textures , and simple cotton threads (DMC in the kit )

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Make each day count - 

Time flies and waits for no one ....

I have learned to appreciate and make the most of every day!

Grateful that I am blessed with a profession I truly enjoy, and that I continue to be  interested in 

ALL my old hobbies and also for the new ones I am discovering.

An unplanned sampler start : Frances Burwell by The Examplarery

I started the Frances Burwell sampler by The Examplarery on a whim while watching the Australian Open tennis championships - didn’t like the idea of just sitting there in front of the TV and also needed a way to stay awake at the weird hours if I wanted to watch the games ‘LIVE’.  After enjoying stitching on Frances Burwell and watching the Australian Open tennis games I have been working on this sampler off and again. 

I had skipped to what for me were the more ‘boring and repetitious’ parts during the games and leaving the more interesting bands as an incentive for me to return to it so that it would not be relegated to the ‘WIP (works in progress) drawer’ and be one more thing ‘pending’ on my list of things to do.

I have been remiss in posting some things that would be worth sharing - it may help some of you ... I will in the near future I promise.  

At the moment I am finally getting all my own ducks in a row and need the time to think and plan my path again - just grateful that I now can finally do so like I used to without making any caveats anymore ... my hands and my stamina are finally on track so my mind is free of trying to reign in my ideas and compensate and be patient for a bit longer.

This sampler has proven itself to be a good one while busy organizing things in my stash and in my mind ... 

here are just some photos for you all to see the beauty of this sampler ... Joanne Harvey’s instructions make it fun and easy also for ‘distracted, tennis watching stitching’ !
A perfect solution for stitching from stash on a project that otherwise would have remained in my stash for a lot longer ...

Added on February 11,2019
Some of you have asked me here, via email and on Facebook messages as to where to get the kit.  I know that one could get it directly from Joanne Harvey but I purchased my kit directly from Colonial Williamsburg - you could call them or order online (shopcolonialwilliamsburg.org and then put the name of the sampler in their search area - it is hidden somewhere in their ‘for the home’ tab).  I am sure any brick and mortar shop or online shop in your area could order it for you too.  

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Frances Burwell - February 10,2019