Don't Dream or Contemplate Sampler
10-07-21 While trying to organize my craftroom, I found my half finished sampler from the early 1970s, with no thread, and no instructions / no color key.
I have went thru all my threads to try to match the colors used. After I made a few decisions I got started and went to get a card to wrap a skein on, and low and behold I had missed something! In the thread box there was a wad of threads from a kit and I do believe some were the ones to this one. It looks like my 2 turquoise choices were right on. The coral that I had had a small amount attached still! These are my additions:
**JP 239 & JP 132A Parakeet** for outer border
**DMC 370** Khaki-dk inside border
*JP 235 MInt Gold* for shelf with robe on it and shoe pompoms
Oct 8, 2021 : 1 strand of the **original coral of towel & 1 strand of DMC 3326** for the French knot roses on the towel. :)
**DMC 892** will replace the coral for the housecoat on the bench and shoes.
and a little black, I think this is all I need.
10-10-21 I have finished the bottom left hand corner of the design and learned to make the daisy stitch to put pom poms on the house shoes. I love the colors of the border and the little things that I got done (bench with housecoat, house shoes, roses on towel, added so much cuteness, along with the colors of the border, I’m really excited at how cute it is becoming!
Last night I decided to give my girl a face, as it was just pink X's, and then did her book after learning the stem stitch for the cover, but did back stitch for the pages, just lines for the words.
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This kit is poorly made and the x-st are like they were drawn quickly by hand, all uneven, different size, wiggly. It is nothing like today's precision charts that are master pieces, but simple and a bit corny and badly marked. But, I really want to do this, as it brings back happy memories or when I bought in and I was in my 20s (now 69!).
I hope I can find the paperwork one day, and see what brand and colors were for sure, but this will work and I am happy to be able to do it.
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10-18-21 I was nearly done with the last side border, when I realized something I was doing wrong! I was so pleased that I always kept my stitches going in the right direction, BUT, then I realized while doing the last side, that as I finished one side, I turned the corner and kept going, and by so doing, my orientation of the stitches automatically changed with each turn! So, I’m guessing that the edges must be done like the picture, being held up, top to bottom, with no turning of the piece to go around the border! It’s not a deal breaker for me, at all, it only shocked me, as I was feeling quite smug about keeping my stitches all going the right way! ….and I’m still trying to decide on rug color. so... and need to finish the border. I started the Madonna Ornament to give me thinking time.
