I made a little sampler recently for my dear friend, blogless Kellie, who loves pink & green, sparkly things & pretty things - she adores fabric & roses & is partial to a cupcake – she has flamingos in her garden & enjoys meeting for coffee in ‘Paris’.
A personal little gift to hang in the sewing room, stitched on linen & stretched over a canvas. This was so much fun to make & I enjoyed rummaging through vintage buttons, seeking out little charms & delving into the pink & green scraps to seek out snippets I knew my friend loved.
Each square is approx 1 1/2″.
& then just the other day I had a fun time helping Kellie ice gingerbread hearts for her daughters wedding …..I’m sure she won’t mind me sharing a photo :) (thanks Kellie x) – they are too adorable not to share!
We found lots of inspirations for these all over Pinterest & Google :)
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BEAUTIFUL sampler!!! Very clever with the icing, too.
Stunning both! What a lucky friend.
This is all kinds of wonderful!
That sampler is just the cutest Nova! I can think of a few of my friends or family that would love that type of art. Thank you for sharing.
Your gift is so beautiful,love how you put it together.Cookies cute too, but that sampler is just too precious.
The sampler is such a beautiful gift and with such potential to add personal touches
OH! Your sampler is simply lovely. What a brilliant idea. I feel very inspired to make something similar for a friend (or myself!)
I’m sure Kellie loved the sampler. The gingerbread hearts are so beautiful.
Oh I love the sample, and the idea of stretching something over a canvas, genius! I’ve got quite a few canvases that I bought with ideas I haven’t got round to, but I shall definitely add this to the list!
Love the hearts too, fab job on the icing :D
The sampler is gorgeous Nova, but those gingerbread hearts… Wow!!
What an wonderful gift from a wonderful friend.
i LOVE your canvas sampler!! maybe someday i will get around to making one…
I love the sampler. I have a few hand stitching projects going right now and might add one to my list. Thanks for sharing.
Sweetest sampler I’ve ever seen and those cookies, both are just beautiful!
Very sweet and the cookies are adorable!
So pretty! Love that wonderful linen backing, and the great little touches included. So fun.
Gorgeous sampler, what a lucky friend. And to think that all those items came from your stash.
It’s beautiful sampler, a great idea and would love to share with my grandchildren, lots of goodies in the cupboards to use. Icing on biscuits, nearly too good to eat. Enjoy
The sampler is the sweetest gift ever with so many lovely touches and the cookies are divine! Esp. the tuxedo and wedding dress ones – so fun.
Love the sampler, very pretty colours. Great idea for all those buttons and threads we collect.
i LOVE the sampler and the cookies!
What a great “K” inspiration.
that sampler is so cool! How come I haven’t come across you before?!
Hi, I hope you don’t mind but I pinned the ginerbread heart photo – so lovely. Let me know if you want me to unpin it.
ps. the sampler is lovely.
Lovely idea!
you inspired to make something similar for my sewing room!
Thank you :)