Flower Sampler Book – Ta Da!

March 29, 2015 by Carole 25 Comments

Oh yes, it is indeed finished. I am so very happy. The shame of having such a tiny update to post three weeks ago, spurred me on to get it done. And to be honest, it didn’t take that long once I settled down to it.

Stitching the pages to the inside cover was the most fiddly bit. There are seven pages squeezed in there. I started with the middle one and worked my way out and found the first few easy enough. The last two were tricky as it was hard to see where I was stitching into. I got there though and the book is now nice and fat.

A couple more photos, this time showing the book open. In the Hemstitch Square page, you can see that there’s fabric inside the page so it shows through the holes.

I’ve posted photos of each page as I’ve gone along, over the past couple of years, but I thought it’d be good to have them all together. There are quite a lot of them so I’ve made them into a gallery. Click on one to see them all full size.

: Front and back outside cover

: Front inside cover – Index

: Fritillary alphabet

: Fritillary alphabet

: Little house sampler

: Little house sampler

: Blackwork pansy

: Blackwork pansy

: Assisi panel

: Assisi panel

: Hardanger with violets

: Hardanger with violets

: Magnolia pattern darning

: Magnolia pattern darning

: Rosebud hemstitch square

: Fritillary hemstitch band

: Back inside cover – Pulled thread page

I’m not sure what I’m going to do for the SAL next. I think it’ll probably be another old WIP out of the box of abandoned projects. I’ve got a few to choose from 😉

For the stitch-a-long I’m linking up to these lovely blogs:

Avis at Sewing beside the sea
Claire at Claire93
Kate at Tall tales from Chiconia
Gun at Rutigt
Alison at Minerva’s meanderings
Jule at From the boudoir
Elizabeth at Garden 4 therapy
Wendy at The crafter’s apprentice
Lucy at Lucyannluna