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"Where quilters gather....
friendships blossom".
This beautiful sampler brings
Quilting and Stitching together in a
way that touches your heart. The top
shows a scene familiar to most
quilters, a group of friends working
on a quilt together. Chatting and
telling each other their stories,
creating a quilt brings people
together in so many magical ways.
Regular meetings of a quilting group
and the cameraderie of stitching are
emotional ‘ties that bind’ when we
work with our needles. The symbolic
branches overhead, give the feeling
of shelter and safety. Below the
scene is a lovely line of lace,
embellished with bugle beads, and
right below that is a wonderful
quilt of specialty stitches. The
quilt is similar to the one worked
on in the scene at the top of the
sampler, and has the same colours.
I’ve created the impression of some
typical colourful quilt blocks put
together with some special whitework
blocks, and bound the entire quilt
with a gorgeous floral garland band.
What a beautiful quilt... I almost
wish I had one on my bed! At the
bottom of the sampler you can see a
band of Hardanger with beautiful
woven patterns, and a lovely band of
flowers. Other special stitches in
this sampler are Four Sided
stitches, various Eyelet Stitches,
Plait Stitches, Queen Stitches,
Three Sided Eyelets, Ray Stitches,
and Rhodes Stitches. You can choose
to frame the top scene or to create
a lovely pillow as shown here and on
the back cover. The 25 squares are a
wonderful challenge, but not too
difficult for most stitchers. Enjoy
stitching this sampler for yourself
or your quilting friends! - Thea
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