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Friday
27Nov2009

For the Love of Stitching Sampler - Band 159

Band description:

This pattern is a traditional cross stitch design. 

Threads:

This band is worked in a hand dyed cotton.

Fabric:

This section of my sampler is worked on Aida

Dyes:

Procion cold water dyes for the threads 

Size:

All samples are 15 cm (6 inches) wide and stitched together in one long band sampler.

The sampler is currently 44 ft 5 inches or 533 inches (1353.83 centimetres) or 14.8 yards  (13.53 metres) long and still being added to.

Date:

This section of the sampler was finished in November 2005.

The back story:

This series is documenting a long hand embroidered band sampler, which is still growing as I still stitch it. More about the band sampler are in the category For the Love of Stitching band sampler  

Other related posts

Introductory Post - how and why this sampler came to be made 

A few questions answered about fabric choice and width

Extending and backing the sampler

For the Love of Stitching Sampler Sections 1 and 2 

For the Love of Stitching Sampler Sections 3 and 4 

For the Love of Stitching Sampler Section 5

For the Love of stitching Sampler Section 6

For the Love of Stitching Sampler Section 7

For the Love of Stitching Sampler Section 8

For the Love of Stitching Sampler Section 9 

For the Love of Stitching Sampler Section 10

For the Love of Stitching Sampler Section 11

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Reader Comments (1)

This is a lovely reminder of how a very simple piece of stitching can be so beautiful -- I wish I was always so inspired!

November 27, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterMelody

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