After much thought, I have concluded that my friend’s band (The Dale Von Minaker Band) deserve their own page on my blog. Because my blog is
primarily intended to be a stitching-themed blog, it just didn’t seem right to
have posts relating to the band appearing on the same page as stitching-themed
posts.
Unfortunately, I have nothing to report stitching-wise. For the
past few months, Delphiniums (by Derwentwater Designs) has been gathering
dust. I really do need to pull my finger out, but just cannot seem to get
myself into the right frame of mind to stitch. Because it’s for my gran, I had
initially thought that would be enough to motivate me and spur me on. The crux
of problem is that the design just doesn’t appeal to me. In addition, the chart
has been printed on four sheets of A5-sized paper, which I find somewhat
overwhelming.
On a positive note, a close friend of mine is getting married
next year. As soon as I found out, I was on the internet looking at wedding
samplers, but couldn’t really find anything that seemed quite right. What I’d
wanted was a wedding sampler with space for the bride and groom’s names, the
date, and the name of the church. In addition, I wanted there to be an image of
a church, along with a bride and groom. My friend and her fiancé are fun-loving
people, so I wanted a design that reflected this, as opposed to sickly-sweet. I
don’t ask for much, do I?
Trying to find the perfect wedding sampler, which ticked all the boxes, was impossible. Eventually,
I didn’t purchase one wedding sampler, but two
– a spur-of-the-moment decision. I
happened to be out one day, and saw a wedding sampler kit by Design Works called Wedding Couple. It wasn’t the design itself that grabbed my
attention, but the font (as bizarre as this may seem).
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| Wedding Couple by Design Works |
The second kit was more along the lines of what I had been
looking for; Wedding Arch by Bothy Threads. The kit includes glitter
thread and beads, and the option to personalise the hair and eye colour of the
bride and groom.
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| Wedding Arch by Bothy Threads |
Initially,
I had thought of stitching the smaller kit as a large greeting card, but have
since dismissed that idea. When the time comes, my friend can choose if she
wishes to display both samplers in different rooms, or just display one of
them, and replace it with the other when she fancies a change.
