Another Panel Bites the Dust

Here's a picture of my slightly wrinkled Panel 4 of Petit Sampling Etui. This was the 2009 SAL for my sampler guild. It's been the Project from H*ll for me and nearly made me give up stitching. I had to frog a lot of over one stitching on the first two panels and when they were done, I took a short break. The stitching on the third and fourth panels went better, but took a lot of time. I took a long break to piece some quilts and do some smaller projects and finished up the fourth panel over my Christmas break. Once I got back in the groove, I realized how much I had missed stitching so that has spurred me on to complete this project.

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  1. JillMNJanuary 16, 2010 at 1:37 PM

    Sounds like you are making good progress on this SAL. It will be beautiful! Thanks for visiting my blog and leaving a very nice comment! Happy Stitching!

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  2. SiobhánJanuary 17, 2010 at 7:46 AM

    That is a beautiful piece! I'm glad that you didn't give up on it--I think doing a bunch of over one would do that to me, too.

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