Embroidery samplers done

I finished these this morning and hung the display up at work this afternoon. I spent most of the time this morning futzing with my satin stitch. I just hate doing that one.



I love the red one, and I like the idea of the yellow/multi one, but. . . it didn't cohere perfectly. The big purple eyebrow at the top looks clunky and out of place, but I needed somewhere to put my satin stitch. Also the yellow-on-yellow doesn't show up much. I knew I wanted a gold tone in there but this one was just too close to the fabric color. I used what I had around.

I do love the way the shading stitch came out, though. Funny, that stitch never looks very good until you step back from it. And I like the way the 3-part motif ended up at the bottom.



The yellow one as you can see is mounted in the hoop; the red one is sewn over a piece of foamcore board.



I am so glad I did two of them because they have such different looks. Hopefully they will attract students to take the class!