Who Knew…

that the buttonhole stitch formed the basis of so many stitches? I worked a little more on my sampler, adding the crossed buttonhole stitch, the whipped buttonhole stitch, the Berwick stitch, the double feather stitch, and, my new fave, the coral stitch. I’ve covered six inches of my sampler, so far – only fifty more inches to go!

I’ve noticed that my upright stitches tend to slant a little to the left – sort of like my handwriting…