rebecca ringquist sampler

One guess what my latest obsession has been. I've been having a great time stitching away on a pre-designed sampler made by Rebecca Ringquist. I don't know Rebecca, and have never seen her work in person, but one look at her website and I'm in love! My pal Charlotte was teaching with Rebecca recently at Squam and bought this pre-designed sampler (one for me, one for her and I think Jenny bought one for herself too), so we can all have a go at it and see how differently they turn out. Charlotte has a photo of Rebecca's finished sampler on her blog, go here and scroll down to see it.  I have already had to pull some of the stitches above out, as I realized later that I wasn't doing the right stitches. I found this wonderful site that has links with pictures to tons of stitches. It's been especially fun to follow Rebecca's lead and learn and stitch as she has called out on her printed sampler. Anyone know if we can buy any of her sampler patterns online? I'm not having any luck looking for them. It might just be something she sells at live events. ??? I've a long way to go, but I just wanted to check in and show you what my hands have been up to on these last days of the school year. It's going to be a great project to take to the beach with the kids.

p.s. charlotte posted a photo of hers and of the sampler as bought too {here}

p.p.s. good news! rebecca has opened an etsy shop and you can get your own sampler pattern here. happy stitching! {dropcloth.etsy.com}

Comments

[Cherie Wilson]

Thankyou for being so generous and sharing these helpful leads to make our stitching so fun! As always, I enjoy seeing what you are up to next:) Wonderful Blog Pam!

[charlotte lyons]

fantastic! do that filled running stitch in the center w 2 colors....so much fun! but thought that coral zigzag was a tough one--- I use pearl cotton and it's too thick for that teensy design there.
ok, back to soccer and stitchin. xo

[linda]

Oh wow, super inspiring! Thanks for all the links...I am just learning some embroidery and finding it really fun!

[pamgarrison.typepad.com]

yep charlotte, that coral zigzag was taken out and redone, i did it completely wrong. so much better when i followed the instructions for coral zigzag, but i was ok with 6 stranded embroidery floss. see? i wasnt kidding you when i said i was loving it...especially those spider webs! fun fun. and thanks again for buying it for me and sending! xoxo

[Amy Brinkman]

Hi Pam,
This is so cool! You can also find great embroidery videos at: http://www.needlenthread.com/2008/04/rope-stitch-hand-embroidery-video.html

I also love the book: Mary Thomas's Dictionary of Embroidery Stitches: http://www.amazon.com/Mary-Thomass-Dictionary-Embroidery-Stitches/dp/1570761183/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1277479850&sr=8-5

Amy

[karen]

Pam, I found this sit and thought you might like it, too: http://www.needlenthread.com/videos

[Alison Gibbs]

Oh what a great sampler. Love it
Alison

[Jeanne]

Oh Pam, this stitching sampler is great! It makes me want to get out my needle and embroidery floss and do some stiching myself.
xo
jeanne

[Jennifer White]

I LOVE this! Pam, do you know if the pre-designed sampler is available to purchase anywhere online? I would love to dig in to this...

[stephanie]

Fantastic!! I'm also wondering if it's available to buy....although it would be a fun think to make myself, too! Thanks for sharing!

[pamgarrison.typepad.com]

Hi all, Rebecca has opened an etsy shop: www.dropcloth.etsy.com . you can get a sampler there, and shell be designing more soon!

[Lisa Super]

What a fun idea for a sampler. Thanks for sharing!

[lorraine lewis]

so pretty and thank you for the link for the wonderful stitch site- sometimes I forget how to do these simple stitches.