Letters "G", "H", and "I"

I have a few more letters to show today on the Daisychain ABC Sampler.  I have been playing "gin" cards with my dad to pass the time in the afternoons, while my Mom is resting.  But here are the next four in the series:

This "G" was done solely in French knots.

The "H" is done in a satin stitch with a back stitch outlining the letter.

And the "I" is lots of stitches, including lazy daisy, French knots, and backstitch.  

I have "J" done, it just didn't get photographed.  Maybe it will show up tomorrow?  

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Letters "E" and "F"

I didn't do any work on the embroidery sampler yesterday, but had time to work on it some more today.  I was able to complete two more letters today.  Good thing I have lots of time to spend on this, because the satin stitch take a lot of time to look right.  

Here is the letter "E" done in almost all satin stitch with some stem stitch.  I went ahead and outlined the letter in a backstitch to give it some even definition.  

This is the letter "F", all done in stem stitch.  (Sorry for the poor pictures, the lighting is not so good where I am at currently).

Finally, I thought you would like to see the whole sampler of all the completed letters to see how the color choice is beginning to come together.  

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Daisychain ABC Sampler - "B" "C" "D"

Yes indeed, I had some sitting time today, and was able to knock out three more letters in this sampler.  The letter "B" and "D" were fairly simple if only because of the type stitch and limit of two colors.  The letter "C", though took more time because of the wider spectrum of colors.

See for yourself...

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Daisychain ABC Sampler "A"

My package arrived from my husband, and it is the Daisychain ABC sampler that I posted about a couple of weeks ago.  While sitting (my mom is in a skilled nursing / rehab center with a long struggle to get to a recovery to come home) today, I was able to complete the first letter in this sampler.  I worked on and completed the letter "A".

The curved yellow was done in a chain stitch, the yellow center is french knots, and the petals are done in a satin stitch.  The pattern gave instructions for each stitch, and the designer stated that the satin stitch takes practice to look right.  I agree.  It seemed like each petal took longer and longer to do, to get the stitch to look good.

I am so linear in my thinking, that I just naturally (for me anyhow) started with the letter "A".  And, I then started on the letter "B".  But as I am writing this, I thought, I could do the letters randomly making it a little more interesting.  Nah, my nature isn't going to let me do that, so you will be seeing them done in order.  Sigh.

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Daisychain ABC's

I was looking on pinterest the other night and came across a pin of this pattern, Daisychain ABC's.  Back when I first started blogging, I found a blog, Pretty by Hand, that I was following, and the blogger did this pattern in her own colors.  You can see her version here, hers is very pretty!  I had wanted to do this sampler when it was the "popular" project everyone in blog land seemed to be doing, but I was still working outside of the home, and knew I didn't need to add another project to my ever growing to do list.  But, I now have more time, and I remembered seeing done in different colors, so I followed the link and bought the download pdf pattern.  If interested, you can go here.

I chose a almost white linen to trace the pattern on, mainly because I like white better for my background, rather than using a color like the designer did.

The embroidery colors I chose to use are the same colors that I used in the "Birdie Stitches Quilt"  (post can be found here).  This way, when I am done, I will be able to hang it on the wall in the room where the quilt will be, which will be in the spare bedroom.  A good way to tie in all different fabric, thread, and types of crafts together.

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New Linen Mini Hipster

I have been busy working on my Farmer's Wife blocks for October. I am waiting to post about them when I have them all done, at least in each colorway. In the meantime I did get a new item done for my Etsy shop. This is the mini hipster that I did before in the college theme fabric.
Unlike the college team hipsters, I did not use a cordinating fabric for the main body of the hipster.  I wanted it to be all linen for the main body, with a feminine print lining.  The linen is from IKEA, and is lined with a Moda line "Sweet" by Urban Chiks.

I made a mini key fob out of the lining fabric for a nice set for sale in my Etsy Shop.

This is the back side pic showing an open lined pocket.

Another view of the back pocket showing off the lining.

See the little bird attached to the zipper?  It is my signature "Wren Bird" for all my bags and key fobs. 

Linen Bread Bag

I made this linen bag I found from the site, http://Fabrics-store.com/. (my apologies for not being able to prrovide a link in my post, I haven't quite figured out how to place a link using an iPad)

This site provided the pattern and I purchased the linen from them as well. They specialize in all kinds of yummy linens! On their blog, they have a post and tutitorial about this bag, commenting that it would keep homemade bread fresher longer and better than plastic or paper. Since I have started making bread again, I was excited to see this and made one straight up. I will be giving it a try next week when I bake our weekly loaf. I'll keep you posted on whether it works or not.