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by Ilana KayeA German Band Sampler, circa 1710This won first place at the Maryland State Fair.
Read MoreIsabel Redie
Love looking at other customers photos of their finished projects from “Scarlet Letter” and couldn’t resist sending in photos of one of mine. I taught myself in “84” and entered my first competition shortly after and have been winning ribbons every since. I am sending photos of my “Isabel Redie” Sampler. Normally, I am drawn…
Read MoreThree Late Seventeenth Century Band Samplers from the School of Juda Hayle of Ipswich, Suffolk, England
by Harriet L. Harms Scarlet Letter Lady, I WON, I WON, I WON!!! I just got the phone call from the Williamson County Fair judge for the cross stitch category telling me I won the BLUE RIBBON for my sampler of “Three Late Seventeenth Century Band Samplers from the School of Juda Hayle of Ipswich,…
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Dear Marsha, Last night over a glass of wine, a friend asked me if I believe in fate. Fate, yes, I answered. Pre-destiny, no. I mention this rather weighty conversation because when I sorely need a diversion from the tedium of life, a Scarlet Letter supplement arrives. Whatever the reason, No. 27 was in my…
Read MoreHannah Breed Stitched by Pat
The Huntsman and The Hart Lives Stitched by Pat
Unicorn Bell Pull and MD The Unicorn Sampler
Dear Scarlett Letter, Please find attached a picture of the finished Unicorn Bell Pull stitched on canvas with DMC floss. Thanks for your advice about finishing the bell pull which was very helpful. I did change one colour – I changed DMC 371 to 372 – to getter better contrast on the birds and animals…
Read MoreEmilly Lucille by Ken Sale
Marsha,Last year I worked the Scarlet Letter’s EMILY LUCILLE sampler. Three changes that I made to it: I used my initials rather than the original It called for filling the entire background with the white silk. But in my growing collection of sampler source books I had seen another variation on this Emily Lucille sampler…
Read MoreCoraggio
I just saw on your web site that you would like photos of work done by your customers, and thought that you would be interested in ‘Coraggio’ that I did a few years ago. I did it in silk, and it has received many comments. It was displayed at the Albuquerque Internationl Airport for several…
Read MoreBetsy Davis and Rebecca Robinson by Teresa
Congratulations for your knew website, very clear and very easy to explore. I here send you photos of my two samplers made from your collection. I am very sad because I cannot do embroiderie for a certain time because I have a serious problem in my right arm, I just hope that doctors put me…
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