tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6385848468383267674.post1193745246848059145..comments2024-03-04T07:40:27.538+00:00Comments on N e e d l e p r i n t: Looking at Sampler Reverses and Thread UsageN E E D L E P R I N Thttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05016259421156728225noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6385848468383267674.post-62161741383784361332010-06-21T12:15:47.944+01:002010-06-21T12:15:47.944+01:00While attending a program for the Carolina Sampler...While attending a program for the Carolina Sampler Guild a number of years ago, Margarite Hogue,the featured speaker, was commenting on this same phemomena of incredibly untidy amtique sampler backs. Her advise to us: "Americans are entirely too preoccupied with their backsides!" which brought down the house! And opened our eyes to our OCD ways of stitching!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00871101266658018374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6385848468383267674.post-41773063189142520012010-06-17T11:38:39.177+01:002010-06-17T11:38:39.177+01:00While I do try to do blackwork reversable (if it`s...While I do try to do blackwork reversable (if it`s not reversable, why not do backstitch?)and be neat on the back of my samplers, I don`t go into spasms about it. I have been experementing with the pinhead start, but am not confident it won`t come undone over time....~mj~https://www.blogger.com/profile/08539840287964685499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6385848468383267674.post-59239159925160946072010-06-16T18:54:14.372+01:002010-06-16T18:54:14.372+01:00An interesting question Monique. From what I have ...An interesting question Monique. From what I have seen every possibility seems to coexist side by side on the same sampler for the majority of samplers....!N E E D L E P R I N Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05016259421156728225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6385848468383267674.post-52573335172758267152010-06-15T15:28:16.139+01:002010-06-15T15:28:16.139+01:00Can you tell us if most of the cross-stitch sample...Can you tell us if most of the cross-stitch samplers were stitched Danish-fashion or a stitch at a time? Worked in columns or rows? Do most of them have the crosses worked with the same leg on top. (Apologies if this posts twice--I think my first attempt was eaten.)Monique in TXhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12215851108075565857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6385848468383267674.post-85252725446413903112010-06-14T23:22:59.372+01:002010-06-14T23:22:59.372+01:00MY forte is blackwork, not samplers, but you would...MY forte is blackwork, not samplers, but you wouldn't believe the number of people who insist that blackwork items MUST be reversible, the backs MUST be perfect and indistinguisable from the front, etc. I think a great deal of this "perfect backs" emphasis is a leftover from our beloved but somewhat anal-retentive Victorian aunties and grandmas...Liadainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07296802021549058791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6385848468383267674.post-16155378716172356622010-06-14T18:37:12.150+01:002010-06-14T18:37:12.150+01:00Very interesting. From looking at the samplers th...Very interesting. From looking at the samplers that were cross-stitched, can you tell us whether most were stitched Danish fashion or crossing one stitch at a time? Were motifs worked in vertical columns or horizontal rows? I'm curious because I prefer columns to rows and I cross all my stitches the "wrong" way.Monique in TXhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12215851108075565857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6385848468383267674.post-68692504959794835212010-06-14T15:31:48.274+01:002010-06-14T15:31:48.274+01:00Thanks for the information. Just to share with you...Thanks for the information. Just to share with you and other readers, I attended a lecture by Joanne Harvey several years ago. She has a slide that she shows of a sampler that she examined one time that shows exactly what you are saying. She starts out taking about this subject and shows the back of the sampler. It is a complete mess to say the least. Then she shows the front and it is breath-takingly beautiful, to say the least. It really inpressed on me that it doesn't matter what the back looks like it only counts what the front looks like.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6385848468383267674.post-6678672612559852092010-06-14T12:47:55.430+01:002010-06-14T12:47:55.430+01:00Ahhh. Thanks for sharing this. I cringe when peopl...Ahhh. Thanks for sharing this. I cringe when people want to see the back of my work. While I'm careful to avoid passing dark threads underneath where they might be seen through the front, I've decided that the front and my peace of mind is more important. So I stitch mostly without regard to how the back will look. (I do try to avoid any "clumping" so that the finished piece will lie flat in it's frame... as if I ever got anything framed.)<br /><br />Thanks again!Puppy Lovehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03794652691138058239noreply@blogger.com