It is said “measure twice, cut once”, but I didn’t listen to this wise adage, and my fabric for SAL Dentelles was a wee bit small. Just small enough that I had to choose between the last two bands of stitching. It was a tough choice, both are beautiful. This is my finished sampler, stitched in variegated silk floss hand painted by Silks4u:
To see the other completed projects, with all bands stitched, pop over to Broduese Bressane’s Blogspot. There is a slide-show of the finished lacy samplers.
One stitch-along is finished, and another is starting. “Box of Delights” by Blackwork Journey is an embroidered box of chocolates, a sweet design! You can find this project in the freebies section.
I am stitching with some beautiful silk flosses by Silks4u, that were tucked into my last order as samples (it was such a lovely surprise) – variegated for the fill patterns, yummy plum for the outlines, and gold for accents… and I measured this fabric twice! 😉
This project is promoted in conjunction with Slattery, the award winning Patissier and Chocolatier from Manchester, UK who have produced a special box of their chocolates copying the original embroidery designs. How cool is that! They look absolutely delicious. You can see the chocolates if you go to the Blog section of the Blackwork Journey website, and read March’s Blog.
March 10, 2015 at 10:56 am
Oh its beautiful
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March 12, 2015 at 9:43 am
Thank you! 🙂
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March 10, 2015 at 11:26 am
oooh yummy box of chocolates! I think I will join in the fun ^^
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March 10, 2015 at 11:52 am
You definitely should! It’s easy to keep up with this one, each stage is released monthly.
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March 10, 2015 at 2:39 pm
yep, I’ve downloaded instructions and first part.
I’ll be rifling through fabric at the weekend ^^
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March 11, 2015 at 12:34 pm
beautiful
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March 12, 2015 at 9:42 am
Thank you 🙂
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March 30, 2015 at 7:55 pm
This is beautiful I’m a little lat but I don’t mine can’t wait to start.
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March 31, 2015 at 7:27 am
You will love it 🙂
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April 3, 2015 at 10:14 pm
I like your new project , too. Maybe I should try to stitch a blackwork sampler…
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April 4, 2015 at 11:03 am
It’s very addicting… 😉
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