I’ve just started a sampler, it’s another design by Nathalie Cichon of Jardin Prive. I stitched a bee pincushion by Nathalie a few months ago, I love her designs, I think they’re pretty without being twee. I’ve another two samplers waiting to be stitched…
This sampler is called Positive Thinking, it’s actually free on Nathalie’s blog, it was a month by month project last year. It’s got a lovely verse on it which Nathalie has translated into several languages. I must admit I was very tempted to stitch it in French, I studied French up to A level, I think it’s a beautiful language. When I looked at the French version though I wasn’t convinced I would remember what it meant, I even considered doing a mini version in English to hang next to it, however on reading her blog, I realised that the poem was originally in English and that she had had some difficulty translating some of the lines, so I decided to stitch in English!
The poem is as follows;
The Way to Happiness
Keep your heart free from hate, your mind from worry,
Live simply, expect little, give much
Scatter sunshine, forget self, think of others.
I think it was the Scatter sunshine that really confused Google Translate!
It’s proving fairly quick to stitch, I’ve used 16 count even-weave linen, I prefer 18 count but my eyes don’t appreciate it any more! I’m onto the ‘second month’ already, I like having a bit of hand sewing I can just pick up for half an hour in the evenings.
Sharing this with Slow Stitching Sunday and Vintage Embroidery on Monday.
This is such a great project! I love the words and phrases.
I went on a winery tour yesterday and thought I could handle the french tour, but it was really hard to follow with all the specialty words that I didn’t know!
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What a nice sampler and sentiment! Happy stitching to you this week!
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What a beautiful sampler… it is really pretty and the sentiment is lovely! 🙂
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That is a very pretty sampler with a great saying. Enjoy your stitching and thanks for the link.
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Your cross stitching is beautiful! I love the poem. The sentiment really resonates with me.
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It is lovely. I don’t do cross stitch, but can appreciate your beautiful work.
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Beautiful cross stitching!
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