This is a stitching project that I began & basically finished in 2000. I bought this beautiful project, called the Millennium Sampler by Shepherds Bush. It's absolutely beautiful. Issue being that all the stitching is one over one - which is fine for everything in my book but the actual stitching of words. So, I finished all the delicate stitching in the year 2000, and thought I'd finish the writing "one" day. Well, when all that snow fell a few weeks ago, I got a HUGE stitching bug. It had been so long since I've stitched, that I've forgotten where ALL of my stitching projects are. I don't know if my stitching stash is as big as my quilting stash - but I've got at least 10 unfinished samplers in my possession.
When Rod and I "went away" for our weekend last week, I grabbed a few to put in my "to do" bag. Out of all the things that I did, I Started a brand new project! What was I thinking? Instead of finish something, I began something new. It's called Rise & Shine and it's completely cross stitch (which I basically never do). I like specialty stitching, not cross stitching. Anyway, simple weekend and basic stitching. On our weekend, I got less than half of it done.
Feeling like I should have done something (sometimes basic guilt is good) to finish one that I've almost gotten done, I pulled out my Millennium Sampler a day or so after we got home. It's taken me a few tv shows/movies to finish, but I did FIVE line of text, one over one... and it's FINISHED. I wanna sing & dance. It's been on the books for over 8 years!
Now........ I just need to get Rod to use his framing equipment to frame it :)
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