Cross Stitchers Anonymous

I've been getting a little hands on with embroidery as a form of creating type.

I posted earlier about a book on 'Cross Stitch Calligraphy'



I've also been looking at books specifically about 'Samplers';





I had a go at creating my own letters, and Oh Boy! they are time consuming. It's helping me with my question of 'old or new?' While this is such a beautiful craft, and wonderfully theraputic, I'm sure there is a way of getting a similar affect digitally these days.

The 'A' alone took around 2 hours, its highly addictive though.






I was also interested in this book about cross stitching pictures...



I had a go at making a flower!