Brick House Sampler

Dear friends and fellow bloggers,

I have a finish to show today of my Brick House Sampler piece by With Thy Needle and Thread / Brenda Gervais. I should of been working on Christmas Garden today but I was so close to finishing Brick House Sampler up last night that I just had to put a few extra hours in this morning. I'm so pleased with it. I posted my finish on IG and then I saw BrendaS's (@brendasamplerstitcher) framing finish on it … absolutely gorgeous!! You must have a look. I'm so looking forward to having mine framed too. I participated in the SAL on IG which was mentioned by Jen (@jensstitchingniche), #janbrickhousesamplersal.

 

I stitched on 40ct Vintage Country Mocha Newcastle, 1 over 2, using the called for thread except I used DMC 522 instead of GAST Mountain Mist. I didn't have that one in my stash so just substituted for it. The only other changes were on the straight stitches, I changed the stair steps from WDW Oscar to WDW Flatfish and the grass from WDW Olive to WDW Oscar. Somehow I didn't think a green suited the steps except if it were covered in algae! Also there seemed a lot of WDW Olive above the grass line so changed to the darker green shade.

 

 

Brick House Sampler - With Thy Needle and Thread / Brenda Gervais.

40ct Vintage Country Mocha Newcastle linen.

Used recommended colours except

DMC 522 instead of GAST Mountain Mist.

Stair steps straight stitches changed from WDW Oscar to WDW Flatfish.

Grass straight stitches changed from WDW Olive to WDW Oscar.

 

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Until next time ……...