Hannah Tingey Sampler Work in progress

Here is a little progress photo of Hannah Tingey Sampler that I am working on by The Scarlett House.  I am so loving this one as I love these colors.  It is woodsy like where we live too.  I am stitching this on 45ct Vintage Buttercream by Lakeside Lines with NPI silks.   It is such a joy to work on.  I am now stitching the roof of the house.  More to come!

Sarah Elizabeth Brooke by The Scarlett House Framed Finish

My husband just finished framing and matting my Sarah Elizabeth Brooke sampler.  He built me this beautiful frame out of Peruvian Rosewood and did all of the routing.  He also cut this mat and framed this for me.  I just can't be happier with the end result of my sampler.  I swear he could make even the worst thing look beautiful with his framing.  Jerry loves working with exotic woods and this one is one I fell in love with at Houston Hardwoods.     Thank all of your for all of your nice comments on my sampler.  I love The Scarlett House's samplers and I am now working on Hannah Tingey which is the newest one that Tanya came out with.  I am so loving it!!!  The bottom photo is a closeup of the wood that Jerry used.

Sarah Elizabeth Brooke 1842 Reproduction Sampler by The Scarlett House Finish

I finally got Sarah Elizabeth Brooke 1842 finished this morning!!  I am doing a happy dance after finishing up the grass.  I just really enjoyed this stitch and it finally helped me to get my stitching mojo back.  Tanya has done some really lovely samplers and now on to Hannah Tingey which I just adore!   Thank you for all of your comments here!   I hope you will be inspired to stitch this.  I especially loved doing the red bricks in the Belle Soie Red Fox thread.  I stitched mine on 40 ct. Vintage Lt Exampler fabric with the called for Belle Soie threads.

My husband is using this wood in the photo to build a frame for this project and his router is going as we speak.  I will put up a new photo when he gets this framed for me with this exotic wood.  He loves doing woodworking and does wonderful framing!  :))

Sarah Elizabeth Brooke Sampler Correction

Hi blogging friends.  In my last post I mentioned that there was an error on the pattern with the small duck as well as an error on the pot with the flowers and that I did what I thought would be right when I stitched it.   I regret that I didn't  just send Tanya at The Scarlett House a message to let her know about this but being the big chicken I am, I just posted here and she just had no idea about this until someone mentioned to her that they had seen this in my blog.    I didn't want to be one to bring a mistake to her attention, because her work is so beautiful and I didn't want to offend.   Anyhow she wrote me the nicest email and she is very understanding and wants all of you to know that she will be putting a correction for this in her blog.  Her blog is at   http://thescarletthouse.blogspot.com/

I will be posting a photo soon of my progress on Sarah Elizabeth Brooke as I have lots more done.  I only have half of the grass and the bottom text to do.  I will then be on to Hannah Tingey.  I am stitching Hannah on the recommended 45ct. Vintage Buttercream with NPI silks.  I am elated to find that I actually CAN stitch on this ct with my magnifiers and I am so excited.   Well, please go into Tanya's blog and see what she has for all of you in there regarding this correction which should be in her blog by 12-30-2011 (tomorrow).  I highly recommend stitching this lovely sampler as it has brought me much joy!

Sarah Elizabeth Brooke 1842 Reproduction Sampler Work in Progress

Here is the latest progress on Sarah Elizabeth Brooke 1842 Sampler.   Now all I have is the grass, sidewalk and the text to finish this wonderful project.  My husband is building me a beautiful frame for it and I am so excited.  The over 1 stitching for the text  is a new experience for me on 40 ct. and thankfully it is going in for me.  It is a bit tedious but really adds!!

Today has been such a wonderful day.  We had a poor little chick get picked up by a hawk but I managed to scare the hawk and he dropped the little chick.  It was injured, stunned and bleeding on Sunday when this happened.  We brought it in, put it in a box with a towel and took care of it.  My dh helped me feed and give this poor baby water yesterday.  I medicated her injuries right away with a little penicillin in some water.  It couldn't even hold it's head up yesterday but this morning it was peeping, and holding up it's little head wanting it's momma.  This poor little momma hen (Broodie)  has wanted a baby for a long time and got just this one to hatch.  We have a brooding house and screened in area that they are in now, so since this little one is doing so much better, we took the box out to the brooding area, which is totally safe, and momma hen heard her baby.  You should have seen this wonderful reunion.  Both are so happy back together and pecking and digging in the ground in this safe screened area for them.   What a miracle it was to see this and for this chick to have survived such an attack.   Thank you Jerry, my husband for your help feeding and watering and just helping me in every way!!  :))

Sarah Elizabeth Brooke 1842 Reproduction Sampler Work in Progress

Here is some progress photos of Sarah Elizabeth Brooke 1842 Sampler.  I am loving this project.   The small bird in this photo was accidently not graphed for the wing and the tail as well as some of the pot of flowers but thanks to my sweet graphic artist husband and my past stitching experience, I was able to stitch these things and I hope that they look as they should.   Sometimes patterns have errors and something must have happened as the wing and tail graph weren't included.  Anyhow, I am loving this project so much!!  My dh got me the Anne Raynor reproduction sampler ordered for an early birthday gift and I can hardly wait to see that in the mail.  We are riding our scooters but this will be a stitching weekend as it is supposed to rain buckets this weekend.   I miss all of your comments.  Please do if you would like!!!

A Little More Progress on Sarah Elizabeth Brooke 1842

Here is a little more progress on the brick building.  My husband and I have been out riding our scooters lots and I haven't stitched as much as I would like, but do love the riding.  His fuel pump needed to be replaced and the weather has turned cold so I did get a bit more stitched on this.  I wanted to wait till I had three windows stitched before posting but he got me a new Olympus VR-320 camera in red and I had to try it out.  I love it!!  It is so small but does so much and is really pretty.  Hope to get more to post here soon!