Last Days of Summer

I switched up my display on the table in front of the window; it was time to put the patriotic themed stitching away and let some other designs be in the spotlight!

The sampler on the left is from Chessie and Me. It is called Scarlet’s Summer Sampler. Finishing smaller pieces like this on a board is so easy. There’s a piece of Weeks Dye Works wool behind it. Love it! The tomato is from Under the Woolen Willow on Etsy. Since I worked so hard on those pinwheels, I am going to enjoy the entire set displayed together for just a bit longer!

This sampler sits on my Martha Washington table. It is called This is the Day and it is a design from Hands to Work/Tracy Riffle. It was published in Just Cross Stitch back in February 2009. The red house and the verse are what attracted me to this sampler. It’s one of my favorites. Did you know that Tracy is designing again?

I’m kind of on a finishing/Hands on Design kick since finishing all of those pinwheels last week. All of the finishing pieces for three Halloween designs were assembled at last year’s Needlework Guild of MN retreat. All I need to do yet is the stitching (for all three pieces) and then I can put them together. Working on the first one. I should be able to finish this one up in another evening or two.

Thank you for stopping by; come back again. I picked up something fun last week and I’ll share it in my next post.