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Stitchers Gallery
Send us a picture of your finished work and any comments concerning your
experience with our products. We will publish your input here.
We are confident in our products and we hope your experiences stitching
our charts will inspire others to stitch an heirloom and build a legacy.
Pictures from Attic Needlework, Mesa, AZ:
QSD models on display
Carol Justice stitched the Mexican Sampler c1850.
Deb Williams stitched the Mexican Garden.
Both are from the Attic Needlework shop.
Molly Raimundo and her Ann Till (in process)
Loretta shows us her great start on Elizabeth Powell
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Jeannine (Oregon Cut) of Acorns & Thread shows her start on Rosina Payne
Debra Myers, Attic staff, shows us her Sands House Sampler
in the works
Barb, Brenda (all the way from Calgary, Alberta, Canada) and
Gloria Moore of Milady's Needle
While the girls were discussing samplers and other fine needlework, Bubba found these examples of natural Arizona needlework.
Woodlawn Plantation in Virginia hosts a juried needlework competition each year. This year's entries included two Queenstown Design samplers. See Below:
Congratulations to John Kazmaier. John won a red ribbon, 2nd place, with the Mears sampler. He took second only because he took first place with another entry in the same category. John took a total of five awards with all four of his entries this year.
Judy Martin also entered her rendition of our Picotees and Peacocks. She used a vivid black and red overdyed floss for a very striking effect. (Bubba apologizes for the poor picture and glare on the sampler.)
We visited John Kazmaier's home in December 2010. This is a picture of the entry-hall just inside his front door. As you may imagine - his home is filled with his exquisite award-winning needlework.
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Cindy modified "William" in order to celebrate the birth of her friend's son. I think she did a wonderful job and personalized the sampler as I hoped everyone would do.
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Carol did a wonderful job with the Mexican c1850 sampler. She used her artistic license and changed colors to match her tastes. We encourage people to sew their samplers using the colors they like. It makes the sampler "yours". Carol is a customer of Jean Lea - Attic Needlework & Collectables of Mesa, AZ.
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John Kazmaier Takes First Place at Woodlawn!
John K. received a First Place ribbon for his exquisite work in completing his reproduction of Hestra Harmer at the 2009 Woodlawn juried needlework show. CONGRATULATIONS John!
Send us a picture of your finished work and any comments concerning your
experience with our products. We will publish your input here.
We are confident in our products and we hope your experiences stitching
our charts will inspire others to stitch an heirloom and build a legacy.
Pictures from Attic Needlework, Mesa, AZ:
QSD models on display
Carol Justice stitched the Mexican Sampler c1850.
Deb Williams stitched the Mexican Garden.
Both are from the Attic Needlework shop.
Molly Raimundo and her Ann Till (in process)
Loretta shows us her great start on Elizabeth Powell
Jeannine (Oregon Cut) of Acorns & Thread shows her start on Rosina Payne
Debra Myers, Attic staff, shows us her Sands House Sampler
in the works
Barb, Brenda (all the way from Calgary, Alberta, Canada) and
Gloria Moore of Milady's Needle
While the girls were discussing samplers and other fine needlework, Bubba found these examples of natural Arizona needlework.
Woodlawn Plantation in Virginia hosts a juried needlework competition each year. This year's entries included two Queenstown Design samplers. See Below:
Congratulations to John Kazmaier. John won a red ribbon, 2nd place, with the Mears sampler. He took second only because he took first place with another entry in the same category. John took a total of five awards with all four of his entries this year.
Judy Martin also entered her rendition of our Picotees and Peacocks. She used a vivid black and red overdyed floss for a very striking effect. (Bubba apologizes for the poor picture and glare on the sampler.)
We visited John Kazmaier's home in December 2010. This is a picture of the entry-hall just inside his front door. As you may imagine - his home is filled with his exquisite award-winning needlework.
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Cindy modified "William" in order to celebrate the birth of her friend's son. I think she did a wonderful job and personalized the sampler as I hoped everyone would do.
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Carol did a wonderful job with the Mexican c1850 sampler. She used her artistic license and changed colors to match her tastes. We encourage people to sew their samplers using the colors they like. It makes the sampler "yours". Carol is a customer of Jean Lea - Attic Needlework & Collectables of Mesa, AZ.
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John Kazmaier Takes First Place at Woodlawn!
John K. received a First Place ribbon for his exquisite work in completing his reproduction of Hestra Harmer at the 2009 Woodlawn juried needlework show. CONGRATULATIONS John!
Saturday, February 16, 2008: I finally did it!
I have finished your three MHS samplers. They were all done on 40 count hand dyed linen in colors to compliment the floss. I know it is a personal preference but they really look great on 40 count. I used
DMC on Sarah Haines and the rather dark antique green background (linen) really toned down the bright colors--especially the blue. I also used a darker color for the unpainted portion of the house to give more of a contrast to the window frames and the house--you couldn't tell the difference in the floss I was using. You did a great job on this chart--for example widely varying herringbone stitches but with very easy to use instructions/illustrations/notes. I had stitched Ann Barriere several months ago but put it aside without doing the surface embroidery even though I had done some embroidery. It was a challenge because the linen was so soft but I made the best of it. Okay, I could have used a hardener but didn't take the time. It looks great so long as you don't get closer than about six feet!
Take care, John Kazmaier
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I have finished your three MHS samplers. They were all done on 40 count hand dyed linen in colors to compliment the floss. I know it is a personal preference but they really look great on 40 count. I used
DMC on Sarah Haines and the rather dark antique green background (linen) really toned down the bright colors--especially the blue. I also used a darker color for the unpainted portion of the house to give more of a contrast to the window frames and the house--you couldn't tell the difference in the floss I was using. You did a great job on this chart--for example widely varying herringbone stitches but with very easy to use instructions/illustrations/notes. I had stitched Ann Barriere several months ago but put it aside without doing the surface embroidery even though I had done some embroidery. It was a challenge because the linen was so soft but I made the best of it. Okay, I could have used a hardener but didn't take the time. It looks great so long as you don't get closer than about six feet!
Take care, John Kazmaier
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Barbara: I promised you I would send you a photo of the sampler
when I completed it. Well, today at 2:00 it was done. I can't
say I'm sorry, because I thought I would never get finished with
all those xstitches
I made a few changes: 1. The little girl's dress disappeared
into the canvas because of the shade of linen I chose, so I
simply added a few more xstitches to the bush to make her stand
out. 2. Also, the strawberries around the outer border
disappeared into the canvas so I changed their color 3. And
finally, the thoughts of doing the roof in xstitches just
overwhelmed me so I did the roof in long arm xstitch over 2.
[..........] Thanks for charting the sampler. It is a
beauty. JoAnn
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Melissa Nichols entered the 2008 Woodlawn Needlework Show in Virginia. She was awarded a First Place ribbon for her exquisite work completing the Queen's Garden. A picture of her award winning piece is shown below. Congratulations Melissa!
queenstownsamplerdesigns@atlanticbb.net