When this appeared in the Summer 2002 issue of SANQ, I knew I had to stitch it. It is called the Little Paradise Sampler and was designed by French designer, Virginie Menzildjian. I am stitching it on 36 count cream Edinborough linen with Thread Gatherer Silk 'n Colors. At the time Shakespeare's Peddler was selling the floss in shorter lengths a bit cheaper. It is a lovely sampler, and the floss is wonderful to use. SNC is one of my favorite types of silks--it is so luxurious, and the colors for this sampler are especially pretty.
I am not sure what happened. I did get a good start on it, but I guess at some point something else caught my interest and I set this one down. I didn't just set it down, but it was relegated once more to one of the plastic bins I keep my stash in. In the last few days I was trying to catch up on my blog reading and I spotted this over at Carol's Stitching Blog. And this reminded me how lovely it is, and why ever did I put it away?? And now I just took a peek at her blog once more and I see she is also working on The Houses of Hawk Run Hollow--another project that I started,but I have not worked on lately. I am on about house #3 on that one. My goal was to stitch six squares by the end of the year. Hmmm...
Here is the work I have done on my Little Paradise Sampler. Aren't the colors pretty? After reading Carol's blog, I decided to go and search for it and pull it out. I just have one line left of the smyrna alphabet, the "wrought by" and I would be ready to start on the house. So, we'll see what happens. I may just try and get this one into my rotation again!!