February furtle

Victoria Sampler has a huge place in my heart, some of my fondest memories of stitching with chums stem from VS. There was an embroidery shop/workshop in Aberdeenshire called Gamrie classics they were in a huge lodge in the coastal countryside. The classes were up in the attic with beautiful views across the coast. I went there several times for classes with some very dear friends this is where I first came across Victoria Sampler, Gamrie classics had all the accessory packs and patterns, I've made many and they all still hang in my house. It was always such a treat to go, the owners were lovely the husband would make a lovely lunch for us and we could sit at a huge dining table with linen napkins for soup and sandwiches all home made, as this was the 80s there was no Internet so the husband would run up to the attic where the classes were and tell us the football score if Aberdeen was playing 🤣🤣 it was a different time, we've been through so much me and those chums.

So VS is very special,  she is winding down a bit so when I saw these two charts and the accessory pack I had to have them, one last thing from VS.

These will be first on my list when I'm able to sew again 😊

I really can't justify buying any more kits or patterns! So I decided to buy some needle minders instead, I do love these, want to make some nice pouches for my embroidery with some of my lovely Japanese fabrics and have a needle minder for each project