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
Oh I love the little birth sampler Rachel. Such a pretty design.
ReplyDeleteLinda
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.
ReplyDeleteA wonderful birth sampler that you stitched for your daughter, Rachel.
The birth sampler is sooo cute !!:) Do share some of your earlier scrapbooking finishes, would love to see.
ReplyDeleteHeather'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
ReplyDeleteI love the baby birth sampler you made for Heather!!
ReplyDeleteI 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 -
:) I spell 'spensive that way for fun sometimes. I love that sampler and must resist buying that one too!
ReplyDeleteSuper post. Another lovely birth sampler. I combine my scrapbooking with my stitching, two hobbies in one.
ReplyDeleteAdorable sampler :). Great choices!
ReplyDeleteWhat a sweet sampler for Heather. I like that AAN design, it's very stylish.
ReplyDeleteThat is a beautiful sampler. It does look very peaceful...
ReplyDeleteStill 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!
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