My Darning Sampler

Progress so far!

       

        

Change in plan !!!

I was originally planning to stitch my new darning sampler on silk gauze but alas, was not the best of the plans. Have switched fabric to the hand-spun / hand-woven silk from the Eastern Anatolian looms. And changed floss colours totalling to six instead of two :)

By the way, anybody in the USA interested with this wonderful one-of-a-kind pure silk fabric, in its genuine colour, woven on the centuries old Eastern Anatolian looms with hand-spun natural silk, please consult French Needle who now have it in their stock - exclusive in the US!

    

             

Anyone perusing through my blog will get a feel of my obsession on darning samplers, particularly the good ol' ones. I had been planning to design my version and am happy to announce that I finished it yesterday after working for two days with intervals. Not the easiest thing for someone who is not from the culture. I shall be stitching it with variegated silk threads over hand-woven silk fabric again introduced in this blog. I am partially showing the darning pattern cause I want to present it to your eyes once I finish stitching it :)

Another project I plan to consider starting is a cross stitch and beadwork combination kit of Victorian lilies. Surely, the silk darning project will have priority.

And something to keep my hyper hands occupied while watching TV :)

       

Darning Sampler

Wool on Linen