Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Mary Glover Etape 5

Spend yesterday working on Mary on the  "over 1"  alphabet and finished the 5th Etape.  Must keep up with this sampler, in fact doing a SAL is very infectious, so Sarah Harris you will not be neglected from now on:))


Today I started the rice stitch but I am not quite sure if I keep the ecru in this pattern, it looks insignificant so far, the linen is so light. 
Because it has been quite cold here today I thought it a good excuse for stitching and getting a "keister" (A Siobhan'ism) I scrunched the linen up a bit and was to lazy to get up to get the iron out :o)


My blog implies buttons, but so far I have never shown you very much of those so here are a few.


Mother of Pearl and Glass & others, in fact it looks a bit of a mess!!


Thanks for your comments on my last post, it's lovely to hear from you:))

22 comments:

Erna said...

Ohhh Bertie love your sampler and your buttons....
Erna@work xx

Siobhan said...

Ooh, I love it! I swear I am going to sit down tomorrow and work on Mary and not stop till I'm caught up. Your progress looks great! Love the buttons, too.

Deb said...

I love your sampler - you're making such good progress.

And I love your buttons too! I have a scad of them, but still need to separate out the colors. Even bought little jars for them, but haven't gotten there yet.

david said...

This is a beautiful sampler! I love the effect and texture of the rice stitches ;-)

Jan said...

OH goodness, I need to get with the program and pull Mary back out...cobwebs are going to be forming and this is looking ever so lovely!! Wow!!!

Love your buttons, aren't they just so wonderful??

Carol said...

Oh, I love those buttons, Bertie! And your sampler is progressing beautifully :)

Margaret said...

Your Mary Glover looks gorgeous! Love your buttons too! I love buttons! My DD and I used to collect them when she was little. I wonder what happened to those. Hmmmm.

Laurie in Iowa said...

Your Mary looks wonderful. I love looking at your button collection too.

dixiesamplardesigns said...

Love the sampler, Bertie!! And those buttons are awesome...man, I really need to start collecting those things!! I never have any when I need them for a finish, LOL.

Happy Stitchin'
Terri

merumo said...

Great progress on Mary! I love your button's collection and the organizine case.

Argante said...

I love it! I'd like ti speak a better english, so I could say everything I think... :-)))
Hugs
Argamte

Giovanna said...

Mary Glover is coming along beautifully! The buttons are lovely too, not messy at all!

Carol R said...

Beautiful button box - love the sampler too!

Willy said...

Genieten weer je sampler, prachtige kleuren.
Leuk doosje voor je prachtige knoopjes. Mooi bezit.
Fijn weekend, groetjes

Suzanne said...

I have been neglecting Mary for a little while and have fallen even further behind.

I love your button collection!

Petra said...

een PRACHTIGE sampler..
mooie subtiele kleurtjes!
veel borduurplezier en 'n fijn weekend,
groetjes, Petra

Argante said...

Dear Bertie, is wonderful... and old buttons... I love them! Thanks so much for your visit, I try to do my best with english!
Have a lovely sunday

Argante

Lois said...

Look at all those gorgeous buttons!!! Mary is looking lovely!

Emmanuelle said...

Lovely job, Bertie! I love to collect buttons too, I put them in old jam jars! Have a nice day!

♥marylin♥ said...

Absolument merveilleux

very beautiful

marylin

Ariane20 said...

Ton sampler est magnifique. Bravo. J'adore aussi tes boutons.

Gabi said...

It looks fantastic. LOVE it.