After our recent discussion about reversible cross stitch techniques, Linda sent in the information for ordering her little alphabet sampler which uses four different reversible stitches. The picture shows the heap of beautiful items Linda brought to the September session for show & tell. Do you see the reversible sampler?

 

Linda also posted a picture of it HERE. It is simple – three rows of alphabet, each using a different reversible stitch. The dividing lines use the fourth technique. Just enough to practice each method.

 

The pattern is available from Attic Needlework in Mesa, AZ. Acorns and Threads in Portland, OR and Elegant Stitch in Modesto, CA may also have some in stock.

 

I got a message from Rich the Webmaster who is just swamped right now*. When he digs out a little he’s going to set me up a place for links, so this blog can help connect different groups interested in historic embroidery. So if you have a blog, send me a link, or an address.

 

*Right now = September 15 to the day after Thanksgiving, also known as “Pilgrim Prime Time.” We at Plimoth Plantation suddenly become very much in demand as a resource for how to whip up a pilgrim outfit for your kids’ school presentation out of cardboard and crepe paper in the 20 minutes before they have to get on the bus (I’m kidding, I can’t help with that) or how can the local news channel get a historian to talk to them about 17^th century sports (that, however, you can have). More than a little swamped. My very, very favorite odd request was from a woman who was choreographing a flamenco dance on the theme of the Salem Witch Trials and wanting advice on costume design. Believe it or not I was able to put her in touch with a former Wardrobe Dept intern who majored in dance and costume design at college and specialized in flamenco. She ended up designing the costumes for what must have been a really unusual performance.