Friday, 22 April 2016

A-Z Challenge - S is for.....

Good morning again!

Today's stitch is S for:


Expensive:
adjective - costing a lot of money
origin - early 17th century from the Latin expendere (to pay out) and the English expend (lavish and elegant)

This is a very subjective adjective though. What is expensive to one person, may just be pocket money to another.


Here are a selection of charts which depict expensive items:

Promessa by AAN

Bugatti Veyron Caricature by Stitchtastic

Versailles At Night by Classic Cross Stitch


My personal Ss include:
Swansea - a place I called home for three years during my university days. I loved it there and still reminisce about it a lot.
scrapbooking - a very serious hobby for a few years between my break from cross stitching. I was hoping to fit both into my life but my needles are constantly pulling me away. No doubt I shall return to it one day.


And my finished S piece is:

Sepia Baby by Vervaco

Stitched as a birth sampler for my daughter, this was my first venture into sepia tones and I loved it! There are only a few colours but it was so soothing to stitch.


See you tomorrow for a very easy T.
Rachel x

11 comments:

Linda said...

Oh I love the little birth sampler Rachel. Such a pretty design.

Linda

Brigitte said...

Since I started cross stitching, all my other hobbies have taken a back seat, sometimes more, sometimes less, like your scrapbooking, lol. Cross stitch seems to be more addictive than anything else for us.
A wonderful birth sampler that you stitched for your daughter, Rachel.

Preeti said...

The birth sampler is sooo cute !!:) Do share some of your earlier scrapbooking finishes, would love to see.

#HeatherMakes said...

Heather's births sampler so gorgeous :D I tried scrapbooking but I just never got into it at all! Cross stitching all the way for me :D

Mii Stitch said...

I love the baby birth sampler you made for Heather!!
I do love Sepia stitching but find there aren't enough charts out there :) - I know, I do have a big one to finish in my WIP list -

Tiffstitch said...

:) I spell 'spensive that way for fun sometimes. I love that sampler and must resist buying that one too!

Jo who can't think of a clever nickname said...

Super post. Another lovely birth sampler. I combine my scrapbooking with my stitching, two hobbies in one.

Heather said...

Adorable sampler :). Great choices!

Justine said...

What a sweet sampler for Heather. I like that AAN design, it's very stylish.

Unknown said...

That is a beautiful sampler. It does look very peaceful...

Katie said...

Still slowly catching up. I just love the sepia baby piece. Beautiful work! I think I would get bored with the lack of color but it turned out wonderful indeed!