Wedding Sampler and Charm

Prior to Wade and Crystal's wedding I had been keenly stitching them a wedding Sampler, as a memento of the occasion.

I am a real sentimentalist and it means a lot to me to be able to commemorate wonderful occasions in embroidery. I have stitched many such memento's over the years, whether it has been for wedding anniversaries, birth samplers, to celebrate a christening, and many weddings. But none was more special than stitching for our son.

The wedding sampler was a lovely heart in soft muted colours, offset with intricate stitched borders and finished with a soft vine effect. It also had antique gold embellishments added, of which included a heart shaped charm.



On three sides of the embroidery I added the wording that Wade and Crystal had chosen on their wedding invitations which was "On our wedding day a new life has its start, we will share with each other, our love, our dreams, and our hearts." I then added their names and wedding date.

I chose an antique silver frame to complete the cross stitch.

For Crystal's wedding charm I chose an antique cream raw silk material. I cut out a heart shape, attached a full frill around the entire heart and filled the heart with silk roses, embroidery and bead work. The charm was finished with a long silk ribbon for her arm.




Both pieces of embroidery were appreciated by them both, in fact they were quite emotional about them, which I guess is what stitching with love is all about.

Family Wedding.

We are all very excited as a family, as we have our first wedding.

Our eldest child and son is tying the knot in March in Margaret River area of W.A.

He has been living and working in the area for many years and that is where he has met his future wife.

To mark the occasion, I have got my embroidery skills into action and I am stitching them a wedding sampler. I am using a Shepherds Bush kit called "Mothers Heart". It's a beautiful sampler with lovely wording pertaining to Mothers, obviously the wording is inappropriate but I will change the wording to be more appropriate for a wedding. I will then add there names and marriage date.

The sampler is stitched on 32count white linen and uses very soft colours in pinks, mauve's and cream. It is quite pretty, and it has some embellishments on it to enhance the stitching.

I am still several weeks away from completing it, and so every spare minute is spent adding a few more stitches.

Our sewing bee recommences next week after a break over the Christmas period. The girls will really get me motivated to finish it. It's lovely stitching in a group as they keep you to task, especially when you have a deadline.

I will keep updating you on the progress of the sampler over the coming weeks.