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}
