live and learn...

Here are the final pictures of my sampler. Though it was just last Wednesday that I shipped the work off it seems like a millions years ago.
The linen is a pain to photograph because it is not square so it looks crooked no matter what I do!


I was very happy with the work and proud of the quality. Remember I have only been embroidering about 2 years and so I am still learning and vastly improving my technique and this piece made me feel proud about that.

I did end up framing the work and am still unsure how I feel about that. Generally I prefer not to frame my work as it feels much more stagnant, flat, and artifact-like once it is contained. But since the work was going to a museum and would be hanging next to a framed sampler I decided to do it. But now I sort of wish I had not- as this would have separated it more from the antique sampler and keep it more in the present moment. What do you think?

Oh well we live and learn.