Blog #40 - Favoured Shades Samplers : Viewer's Choice

Monday  -  22 June 2015

A change of date for our usual stitching get-together

due to most of the girls in our group having another commitment

on the last Sunday of this month.  

The winner of the ‘Viewer’s Choice’ was announced this day.

Although almost seventy ladies participated in the Favoured Shades

mystery sampler project, only sixteen samplers were on display

over the Queen’s Birthday weekend, but despite there not being too many,

it was amazing to see the differences between each one

due to the needleworker each making their sampler “their own”.

And to see the colours that they chose.

Viewer’s Choice  -  the “blues” have it!

First, second, third, fourth & fifth choices were all samplers

stitched with varying shades of blue.

And, unbelievably, there was only one or two votes between each placing.

The winner was :  Maryann Kingston from Waipawa.

CONGRATULATIONS MARYANN !
 

And here she is -

My apologies, Maryann
for the bad photography.

I must have moved the camera 

just as I took the photo

as it is not focused properly.

The blues in Maryann’s sampler are what I refer to as “Sampler Blues” ~

Details

of her thread

colours used

are as follows -

Variegated Thread:

Cottage

Garden Threads  -

Colour #416

DMC
Stranded Cotton:
775  :  930  :
931  :  932  :
939  : 
3750   :  3752

DMC 

Perle Coton 

 #8  &  #12:

Ecru

Fabric:

Brittney
(28 count) -
Ecru/Ivory

Second:   Linda Graham  -  Christchurch  :  Ice Blues                                                                 

Third Equal:  Robyn Phillips  -  Hastings  -  Shades of Teal             

Third Equal:  Sharon Gordon  -  Napier  -  Indigo Blues & Violet

Fifth:  Joy Hurford  -  Havelock North  -  Brethren Blues

The other winning samplers and their makers -

Linda Graham  :  Ice Blues

Robyn Phillips  :  Shades of Teal

Sharon Gordon  :  Indigo Blues & Violet

Joy Hurford  :  Brethren Blues

As it was such a lovely day for our NATTER  Day / Stitching Get-Together 
- crisp, but fine - took a couple of photos of the "girls" with their samplers.

  

And here they are -

Standing  -  Annette

 Seated  -  Pam,  Robyn,  Glennis,  Ruth

Standing  -  Joy,  Maryann  &  Sharon

An AWESOME group of friends!

One of the wonderful aspects of life is that one can always be learning from

and be inspired and be encouraged by another.

You may recall that on her 2013 mystery sampler that Elisabeth Beachen

wrote on to the back of her sampler, and therefore recorded, the details of her sampler.

 

And she has done the same on her Favoured Shades sampler.

Below is a photo of what she wrote - 

 

What a wonderful idea!

In years to come, 

one will not have to wonder
how, when, or why, 

or with what fabric and thread

this piece was stitched.

Consequently, 

as I believe in keeping a pictorial record

of our needlework with written information

beside each picture,

this too I now believe is equally

as important and so I have worked

a similar record for the back of my sampler,

although I have stitched my record.

Here is my record.

Have you begun a record of your needlework journey?

Time will come when we will no longer be here 

to answer questions from our children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

As always, I do hope this little note from me has inspired and encouraged you.

Till next time ….