Never Ending Sampler Panel 1 Band 9

Here is Band #9 for the Never Ending Sampler Stitch Along (NESSAL) Project:

Here it is as part of the whole sampler:

And finally, here is an "overlap" so you can see where it goes in reference to Band #8:

And here's a closeup of the little leaf so you can see how to work it:

For Band #9 = Work the little "diamonds" with straight stitches.  For the little leaves, use 3 strands of floss so they look like satin stitching.

For my crazy quilters, these borders can all be used as seam treatments using waste canvas.  All are available individually now.  You find them here:  Crazy Quilt Seam Treatments

I will give you all a break now until next week.  I know some of you need time to get caught up and with Christmas coming in another week, you have as much stitching time but I'll give you 1 or 2 bands next week so no worries.  I just don't want anyone to feel pressured.  This is for fun!

Update On Scott's Cancer Treatment

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Hi everyone! Scott is doing pretty well. Today is the last day of round 2 of the chemo. They'll be stopping it this afternoon and then he'll have a 2 week break before round 3. Other than being tired and trying to balance the side effects of the chemo, he's actually doing better with it than the 1st time around.

Thank you again for your generosity, your prayers and your kindness. We still have a way to go but you helped to make the road a little easier. Thank you so much! I'll keep ya'll updated on Scott's progress.

Love and Hugs, Pam

My McHenry Crazy Quilt

I thought I'd share an update on Block 1 of my McHenry Crazy Quilt:

As you see, all seams are now embroidered.  I added a spider with and used vintage Mother Of Pearl buttons to make the spider.

And here's a closeup of the little yellow flower that I added:

I have a little more embroidery to do on this block and then I'll move on to block #2.

Never Ending Sampler - Individual Bands

Some of our stitchers asked if I could post the bands for the samper individually.  Yes, no problem.  Here they are:

Band 1

Band 2

Band 3

Band 4

Band 5

Band 6

Band 7

Band 8

I will continue to post the sampler as a whole and individually and I'll do an overlap for ya'll too.  That way our cross stitch ladies who are working this as an actual sampler will know where to start the next band.

I'll post a new one tomorrow.

McHenry Illinois Crazy Quilt Update On Block 1

Here's a progress photo of my McHenry Illinois Crazy Quilt project:

My plan is to keep this project as Victorian in style as possible.  No beads or sequins and the only lace I'm using is antique.

I stitched the name of the church in the upper right hand corner using 14 count waste canvas.  I also added the year that St. Mary's was built, 1898.

In the above photo, you can see how I embroidered over the lace.  I simply followed the pattern in the lace and highlighted it with some stitching.

I may use a little bit of metallic gold and/or silver thread to create some spiderwebs on this.  I love spiders and spiderwebs and the Victorians loved them too!  They were considered good luck!!!