Christmas Sampler update and a freebie finish.

Okay,  I realize the first two shots are not the best being that it's night time here, however I wanted to take a couple of photos now of where I am up to on a few of my projects.  First up is my Christmas Quaker Sampler - yes I know, not much progress being made there, actually hadn't touched it in a couple of months ( insert chargrin grin)  - so thought I had better put a few stitches in to stop the feeling of guilty neglect, and you know it's not the fact that I don't love the sampler cause I do, it's actually the HDF silk I'm using to stitch it with that is annoying the heck out of me, well the silk itself is lovely, however... it does not give me the coverage that I like and I do like good coverage, I'm using two strands over two on 32 count and I really have to work with the thread to get the coverage I like not to mention that it twists itself a lot, hard to get the two threads to lie flat next to each other - so live and learn and all that - next time I know if I use the silk again on another project, go with their premium floss twice the thickness!

 Heartstring Samplery, Permit Me Not To Stray - I think I could quite happily stitch all of Beth's Patterns, and who know's, perhaps I will?

One of Beth's freebies - Grace - changed the colours to suit my tastes. Heartstring Samplery - Grace - free pattern.

I finally gave in and ordered Violets Blue by Blackbird Designs, should be arriving any day now - so exciting!
As always, love from me to you!
Amanda