French Alphabet Sampler (FAS) progress

Fabric: 40 ct linen

Color: Cameo, from Silkweaver

Threads: Gloriana silks

Color: Jacaranda

Stitched with 1 thread over 2.

I finally got to upload my current WIP :)

So here is where I am at now. It goes unbelievably slow, I didn't expect that. But one over two on 40 ct is that - slow, and the chart is big.

On the photo, you can see I've done 1/3 of the pattern. Two more rows like this to do, 2-3 months in the making, I think. I don't have as much time to work on it as I would hope to have.

One day, it's going to be gorgeous when framed. But it's one of those pieces where I am chasing time (Christmas, possibly, to offer it to H.). I am so sad I can't give it to him for his birthday in November, but this order was handled so bad... I am still very upset with the LNS owner. To make the story short, and omitting many elements, she also managed to send it to the wrong address where I got it 2 months later than I should. And she swore so many times she would remember to send it to the correct place, and she was so unhappy when I reminded her a couple of times, and still she did it wrong. Vrrr.... just the thought makes me angry! :(

The whole plan was to give it to H. for his 50th birthday...

For the moment, what you can see hidden in the sampler is his birth date, my initials and his father's first name. Soon more will show! :)

Whaaaaat?

Just discovered that in our main newspaper. An Austrian businessman has been ordered to remove "these" from the opera in Vienna, because it was hurting feelings. I don't want to hurt yours, so if you want to see, you'll have to click LOL!
see here

And here I thought I've seen everything ;-)

New freebie from The Sampler Girl!

If you haven't seen it yet, here it is!

Tanya also announces:

*Coming in 2007...
The Sampler Girl designs a sampler for The Gift of
Stitching Magazine ~ to be in their March issue! If you haven't already
signed up for this wonderful online publication, you are missing out.
Kirsten, the Editor, does a beautiful job bringing this monthly magazine to
online format.

Can't wait to see it!

I have a subscription to TGOSM and I can only encourage everyone to do the same, it's a great magazine which you download directly from Internet (click on the magazine photo in my blog header to go to the TGSOM website).

166 wishlist items!!!

YAY! How can that be? I rearranged my webshots pictures and folders tonight, finally got inspired enough to do it after many months of laziness, and yes! My easy-to-find wishlist includes 166 items!! As an excuse, I must say this must be the list of *all* the charts I am really after.

Would you like to have a look if there's an item you have and don't mind exchanging, selling, whatever? :)

Here is the direct link to the album.

I don't mind if the chart is slightly damaged but useable!