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nd metallic threads so i m saving that for last another stitchy thing i participated in sunday afternoon was meeting with the designers of queenstown samplers and samplers revisited which live within an hour of my house both of these ladies are collectors of antique needlework samplers and were willing to share their stories of how they find such treasures and how they go about preserving them a few years ago i attended the maryland schoolgirl samplers exhibit in baltimore maryland and fell in love with the stories behind these pieces what saddened me was to realize that many of these treasures are sold by family members who don t understand the value and time that was put into these samplers by children the samplers were created as a learning tool that was considered an important household skill especially amongst certain social classes schools were actually ran in towns such as baltimore where young girls learned lettering and writing along with the essential skill of sewing by labouring on these projects for long periods of time a sampler usually wasn t meant for display but usually as a reference guide for the girls to have for the future during the afternoon they brought out samplers which they had recently acquired from private sales antique dealers estate sales and other means to so we could look at the condition of the fabrics and fibers also i learned alot about how these ladies work to conserve the original pieces and clean them without further damage many times a chart is generated and current flosses are compared to the original so that the color pallet is as near to the original as possible so stitchers can once again create a piece of history another lady who works with these designers searches for any genealogical information on the girls since many of the designs have been signed by the sewer as part of the design so that some basic information can be pulled together regarding the girl s life maryland samplers have the unique distinction of having even african american girls samplers within their numbers although not many of them exist in comparison over halfway through winter of the world by ken follett and i have decided i will need to pick up more of his novels that have been written previously he does such a great job of bringing the history of the era into a perspective of the reader being there in some major events which has helped shape this world we live in today finally another recipe which the family gave a try found this easy version of ground beef wellington on the taste of home website preparation took about 20 minutes and i made individual sized meals which reduced the cooking time and helped ensure everything was cooked through kids really liked the croissant dough surrounding what essentially was mini meat loafs definitely was a fun recipe to follow and a interesting change of pace from the daily grind of dinner preparation i have included a picture of the wellinton s coming out of the oven and also a picture of the inside of one with the mushroom sauce gravy served on top so far the kitchen fun of 2013 has been very productive and i m scouring the web looking for more fun interesting ideas to put through our family test kitchen if any of you know of a few good ideas please let me know posted by carol s stitching at 11 31 am 14 comments friday january 11 2013 stitching right along okay i have completed another ornament but before you are too impressed let me remind you i had posted on new years that i was hoping to finish up on the alpine cabin piece think i ll probably have a finishing weekend over a long weekend sometime before spring when the weather is bad and i don t feel like going outside i want to complete the remaining ornaments within this series so i can make sure they are finished together and will match when finished since i have finished up the ornaments i started another of the prairie schooler ornaments in the set the booklet is o christmas tree number 183 i am hoping to finish up all 4 of the 12 days of christmas ornaments so i can finish them together this year to say thank you to all the wonderful folks who responded to my last post is a huge understatement i was blown away by how supportive and complimentary the posts were and i have to say it made my day putting together that post was very hard but i think therapeutic in its own way and then to realize all of you took the time to read it and put such nice comments was just a very special moment i do have one other comment to share from diane williams the designer of little house needleworks which i must admit bring a really silly smile to my face every time i read it here is the email i received dear carol i read the email with a lump in my throat my goodness you ve been through so much and that little design went through it with you i am happy that you have come to a place where the design reminds you of happier times and fond memories you had with your mom we can t travel the road indefinitely with our parents but we can find beautiful ways to keep them with us always god bless diane i wanted to show you the back of my starlight sampler i finished on saturday i think it is one of the best pieces i ve ever completed and i can t wait to see if framed i m seriously considering putting a copy of my last blog on the back of the framed starlight sampler as some of you suggested of course i have all sorts of ufos to choose from so i guess i ll sit down at that point with my bag of shame and see which project needs to see the light of day again one project i ve been working on again is innocent guardian and slowly making progress on this my dilemma is should i pull out another ufo and work on it as well or should i stick to this as the ufo i also need to find a good contact number for dimensions because i think i might need additional thread of the one color and i have the code information but i ve sent one email and never received a response if any of you folks have any information or ideas please let me know thanks i have been making some small progress on dragon dreams and i am very happy with the colors and how they are playing against the fabric i had picked out i am so in love when the way joan elliott uses a color pallet in her stitching designs now i do have a wonderful surprise i received from sue v for a secret sister exchange i realized i haven t shared a picture of yet she spoiled me rotten and i think this will be a start sometime in 2013 since it has been something i have wanted for a while perhaps the 1 st of february i m thinking or during the superbowl another wonderful surprise i received just 2 days ago was a lovely stitched bookmark by glenna after having a very hard day at work nothing can bring a smile to your face faster than to receive such a sweet letter and a stitched surprise well i think that is about it for this update i m participating in a online stitch a long this weekend from a facebook group and i ll be pulling out the musician again this will be the first stitching on this project in 2013 and i m hoping to make some good progress on this joan elliott design wish me luck posted by carol s stitching at 7 29 am 15 comments saturday january 5 2013 the journey of a stitching project today i finished a stitching project that i ve had for 4 years seems a little long when you look at that simple statement but this project has been through a lot of life with me during that time you see i started this project one night when i was rushing out the door in september 2008 to take my mom to the hospital i had recently been to my local needlework shop to pick out the fabrics and threads i grabbed it along with my needle pack and scissors and was out the door everyone knows the emergency room wait takes forever and what better way to pass the time than with needle and thread any stitcher can tell you how people will smile and watch you working away while they either wonder why bother or isn t that neat they didn t think people did that kind of stuff anymore throughout the course of the next couple of months it seemed this little project made the same frantic flight to the hospital with me and my mom until december 16 2008 which made a difference in all of our lives that day i stood clutching this little scrap of fabric in my hand while the doctor informed me mom had suffered a major heart attack and that while the chances were slim he had called for a helicopter transport to rush her to washington dc s national heart center to see what could be done for her it caught a couple of tears as he gently informed me that it was best if i called any of our family that would want to be in route to there because she may not make it this little stitching project was stuffed unceremoniously in my stitching bag as i went in the room with the doctor and my mom to break the news to her that her heart was seriously damaged and to tell her i had to get on my way to meet her there the next day it was taken along to another hospital to be worked with while i waiting through several grueling hours waiting to see if mom would make it through the quintuple bypass surgery that would be required to save her life that surgery only took about 7 1 2 hours but it seemed like a lifetime and making these little x s in fabric helped keep my sanity through that wait when the doctor came out and told us she had pulled the surgery but would be on life support until the shock to her system had passed my hands shook so uncontrollably i could hardly undo the hoop which i had been using throughout the next 2 weeks i sat in washington with my mom watching her long slow return from the brink of death with this little stitching project to pass the time sometimes it hit the floor when an alarm would go off or she would call out for someone to hold her hand eventually she noticed me working on this little project and she sat and looked at it and we talked about how nice it would look in the camper when we went traveling again after her recovery she would reach out and touch the stitches and remark how nice it was looking but how long it took to make something out of such small x s when mom returned home i came home to stay with her for a while to make sure she was okay and had everything she needed this little stitching project came along although it didn t get much attention there was so much to do and when i did sit down i barely would start and could feel my eyes shutting for sleep then in march 2009 this little stitching project was put away for a long time i had just buried my mom and while the world seemed like it would end i knew it wouldn t however i couldn t bear to look at this little cabin without tears springing to my eyes how could everything end the way it did when i had so patiently and carefully been there every step of the way to ensure my mom s health had i failed somewhere what had i missed had i been stitching on this little piece of fabric and not been paying attention to something that had gone wrong throughout the next few years i would pull this project out and start to work on it only to remember the pain and the hopelessness and quickly it would be packed away again out of sight and out of mind eventually the winter of the heart passed and spring could bloom again every grief eventually gives away to remembrances of happier times and joy can return to one s life sometimes it takes longer than others but as they say hope springs eternal i promised myself i would finish this piece it would be a remembrance of what all i learned throughout this process while it was hard to learn to stand up for myself to lose a parent and to learn you have to make your way through life without them you can do it life continues and while you miss those loved ones that have passed they helped shape the person you are today now i look at this piece and realize the verse has a lot of meaning stars light up the heaven when evening draws near guiding thy travels til sunlight appears i like to think the stars are my mom dad grandma grandpop granny poppy aunt virginia uncle george and aunt laura uncle roland some of these stars i never met and some i barely remember but i imagine they are still up there helping set the course of my life i have tucked away my project bag with the tattered pattern inside now the stitching project is completed and will be making it s way to the lns to be framed the journey of this stitching project has been completed but the reminder of the times and the lessons learned will be remembered every time i see it posted by carol s stitching at 3 35 pm 25 comments tuesday january 1 2013 happy new year 2013 i had the best of intentions to keep up with things in december however i forgot that between two middle school students a boy scout winter concerts for orchestra and chorus applying for the ib programme for high school next year and just the general hubbub that comes with the preparations of the holidays that i barely had a chance to sit down let alone stitch or keep up a blog however today turns a new leaf and a new year for our family new year s day is generally a quiet day since the next day everyone returns to work or school and daily life returns christmas was very good this year and i enjoyed a great time with friends and family one present i received is a nikon coolpix s6300 which makes keeping up with blog updates a little easier since i don t have to pull out the professional grade camera for a quick point and shoot don t get me wrong i love my professional camera but for day to day events it is nice to have something i can slip into my purse i m hoping this makes it easier to keep progress reports going on things and keep myself motivated as well i spent some time the morning of new year s eve playing with my camera during the sunrise here is a few shots i took christmas at the house in severn held special meaning to me this year i have fond memories of the holidays in this house since 1978 and this year marked the first christmas celebrated here since i bought the house i enjoyed decorating the yard with all the trappings we had from previous years and seeing the excitement ray expressed when he realized there is a lot more yard and an opportunity to expand our light display not sure if i ll enjoy the electric bills but first things first we need to look into upgrading the electrical feed to the house and add outside electric sockets to the front of the house to make decorating easier also i want to run a dedicated electrical circuit for the camper so we don t have to worry about overloading anything the other exciting thing was bringing in my tree which i had bought a few years ago and have been wondering ever since if it would fit in the living room just barely by the time the star was added but it made an impressive sight sitting in front of the picture window stitching progress hasn t been as impressive as i would have liked but i do have some progress pictures and hopefully after completing this up...