A little finish from a new book

Actually, it's an old book, but it's new to me.  It came from the Mad Sampler Company who sells gently used stitching books.  This is the first design I have stitched from it.

It is full of motifs from old Dutch samplers, but instead of just being on the pages in no particular way, they are arranged in what amounts to page after page of small samplers.  Which are just the size I like to do often.

Here's a couple pages of the inside of the book.  Thanks for letting me share a new and exciting {to me} addition to my stash!

New Bag

I spent the afternoon making a bag out of the Chessie & Me sampler.  I think it turned out kind of nice.

Here' s the back view with a large pocket.

A close up of the front of the bag.  These three pictures were taken with our new camera, I hope they are a little clearer than the pictures from the old camera.

New Finish

This is Summer Sampler by Chessie & Me, done with Valdani threads on Cashel flax linen.  It was a fun, quick stitch and I really enjoyed it.  Now I'm off to Joann's to get some fabric so I can make it into a bag.

Rainbow in the Sky

Last night just before sunset it was raining and then hubby noticed that the sun was still out, too, so we ran out to see if there was a rainbow and there was--a giant one!  And if you look closely you can see another faint one off to the right of the larger one.  I was glad to be able to get a picture of it.