tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2419544468759273678.post2543491269562877854..comments2023-10-30T14:18:15.354+00:00Comments on Fan My Flame: NottinghamGinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05689402000429710324noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2419544468759273678.post-52424017212001534992009-04-01T23:34:00.000+01:002009-04-01T23:34:00.000+01:00That was a wonderful day out Gina.That was a wonderful day out Gina.Digitalgranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18213778111516418003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2419544468759273678.post-29564624556977000592009-04-01T17:32:00.000+01:002009-04-01T17:32:00.000+01:00Ah Pat has already suggested Montacute House - it ...Ah Pat has already suggested Montacute House - it is worth a vist as they have some seriously gorgeous samplers but you can't photograph! as it NT. but you can buy postcards in the shop and there is also a book on samplers available. I love watching Alan Rickman he always does baddies so well! Perhaps your sock people liked your cake? Jane xJanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09997824651518446434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2419544468759273678.post-36263868345493924512009-03-31T21:17:00.000+01:002009-03-31T21:17:00.000+01:00I honestly stop to visit simply because I saw the ...I honestly stop to visit simply because I saw the orange dress on your avatar. Amazing. I am off to check out your etsy store. Plz come visit me sometime. I'm going to follow.<BR/><BR/>DanielleGrammatically Delicious Designshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08663962778288841986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2419544468759273678.post-85148680180162894812009-03-31T16:48:00.000+01:002009-03-31T16:48:00.000+01:00that sheriff could arrest me anytime!!! wowee!beau...that sheriff could arrest me anytime!!! wowee!<BR/>beautiful samplers - when i look at anything like that i imagine the person stitching it and what their life was like. takes me away into a different world.<BR/><BR/>xxxwonderwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05579842390454607027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2419544468759273678.post-57717359707269833972009-03-31T14:24:00.000+01:002009-03-31T14:24:00.000+01:00Now, hang on a minute - if you were out all day Sa...Now, hang on a minute - if you were out all day Saturday, and you baked the cake on Friday, then someone must have been doing some serious midnight scoffing ...dottycookiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15295592896941235130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2419544468759273678.post-86645466465542694172009-03-31T13:08:00.000+01:002009-03-31T13:08:00.000+01:00What an amazing load of embroidery, it sounds fasc...What an amazing load of embroidery, it sounds fascinating.Lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13730130796826375503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2419544468759273678.post-32055001340535388432009-03-31T07:42:00.000+01:002009-03-31T07:42:00.000+01:00I love old samplers, particularly children's schoo...I love old samplers, particularly children's schoolroom samplers. <BR/><BR/>My mum has one of my grandma's samplers hanging on the wall at home (my grandma taught embroidery in schools) and every time I go home I try to convince her to pass it on to me! <BR/><BR/>K xkristinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14892467118097087057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2419544468759273678.post-90799198579538779852009-03-31T03:02:00.000+01:002009-03-31T03:02:00.000+01:00Lovely photo's Gina. Must be great to be able to ...Lovely photo's Gina. Must be great to be able to drive to Nottingham.<BR/><BR/>Mmm...I would like to run into Mr Rickman too. Delectable sort (and that voice....oooh...er...).<BR/><BR/>Glad you had your own lovely Friar Tuck with you!Dothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17408844662031621627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2419544468759273678.post-51298199987777724982009-03-30T21:56:00.000+01:002009-03-30T21:56:00.000+01:00I almost missed this with it being on my doorstep,...I almost missed this with it being on my doorstep, then I forgot to blog it, thanks Gina for doing the honours.Guzzisuehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00388700014704427800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2419544468759273678.post-77553654415344138882009-03-30T21:30:00.000+01:002009-03-30T21:30:00.000+01:00"These were made by children to encourage such qua...<I>"These were made by children to encourage such qualities as virtue and obedience! (That is obviously where I went wrong!)"</I><BR/><BR/>You mean you didn't get your boys to stitch samplers? No, I didn't get my kids to stitch samplers either. Obviously, children who stitch samplers are obedient. I think it should be in Miriam Stoppard's books on bringing up children, don't you?<BR/><BR/>Seriously, I've always loved samplers - so simple, but full of 'a story' and such talent.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for sharing.<BR/><BR/>xKittyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16259837826944310404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2419544468759273678.post-83990349851581738722009-03-30T21:29:00.000+01:002009-03-30T21:29:00.000+01:00I think you Friar Tuck looks much nicer than the h...I think you Friar Tuck looks much nicer than the horid sherrif :-)<BR/>What wonderfull samplers, you certainly do go to the best of places, thanks for sharing your lovely pics.sharon younghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11227806755585216350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2419544468759273678.post-8791891395987299672009-03-30T21:11:00.000+01:002009-03-30T21:11:00.000+01:00What a lovely post. I wish I could see that exhibt...What a lovely post. I wish I could see that exhibtion!HappySquirrelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06150655309102940645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2419544468759273678.post-41579686553028505052009-03-30T21:06:00.000+01:002009-03-30T21:06:00.000+01:00Old samplers are amazing arent they. Such detail,...Old samplers are amazing arent they. Such detail, and such perfection in such tiny stitches. Looks like you had a lovely day! xJuliaBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08796157310429701087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2419544468759273678.post-88796969295178765132009-03-30T20:59:00.000+01:002009-03-30T20:59:00.000+01:00On my doorstep and I didn't know about this! What...On my doorstep and I didn't know about this! What am I like? Glad to see there's still time to go, the exhibition looks inspiring. And I don't think Stewart bears any resemblance to Friar Tuck! He's got more hair for a start! And se*ier legs! ( hope that doesn't attract spam!)Juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14223691871102821084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2419544468759273678.post-63839669996513848882009-03-30T20:48:00.000+01:002009-03-30T20:48:00.000+01:00Those samplers are wonderful. I was lucky enough t...Those samplers are wonderful. I was lucky enough to inherit a sampler made by my mother-in-law's grandmother in 1850 when she was 13 It had been handed down from mother to daughter, but when my husband's sister died, her daughter didn't want it so my dear brother-in-law offered it to me. I had admired it for years in my mother-in-law's home never dreaming it would come to me eventually. Regards to Friar Tuck.Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06826501916623305535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2419544468759273678.post-1977111830748026532009-03-30T20:13:00.000+01:002009-03-30T20:13:00.000+01:00What a lovely trip. I read in the weekend paper th...What a lovely trip. I read in the weekend paper that Friar Tuck has been reinvented for the new TV robin hood - as a tall young handsome black man ;-) <BR/><BR/>I love looking at old samplers - especially the words and lettering. years ago at art college I recorded loads of alphabets from samplers in the Fitzwilliam and compared them to digitised type fonts - the research for designing digital fonts was all happening in Cambridge at the time and the work they were doing was so similar to how letters are stitched on counted threads - I could bore you all rigid about this ...<BR/><BR/>Celia<BR/>xCelia Harthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12776686088752602321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2419544468759273678.post-19876676312138070682009-03-30T19:38:00.000+01:002009-03-30T19:38:00.000+01:00You're so funny Gina -- sorry you didn't see the s...You're so funny Gina -- sorry you didn't see the sheriff. Those samplers are gorgeous -- I especially like the Scottish one. I love samplers -- I have a pile of them that really need to be stitched. Oh so many projects!Thimbleannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03650582809426872051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2419544468759273678.post-79159192671347063812009-03-30T19:08:00.000+01:002009-03-30T19:08:00.000+01:00Oh I so want to do your course too Gina. One lifet...Oh I so want to do your course too Gina. One lifetime is just not enough is it? Lovely blog xPipanyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04048984447721169350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2419544468759273678.post-76260629084517140572009-03-30T18:56:00.000+01:002009-03-30T18:56:00.000+01:00I adore antique samplers and have a small collecti...I adore antique samplers and have a small collection. I don't think that I have ever seen a darning sampler before - how interesting.<BR/>The Fitzwilliam museum is supposed to have a good collection but I suspect that it is mostly in storage - perhaps you could request a special viewing.alice chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16969805206040091585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2419544468759273678.post-4713094311728679162009-03-30T18:51:00.000+01:002009-03-30T18:51:00.000+01:00Oh, to bump into him...!!Those samplers are beauti...Oh, to bump into him...!!<BR/>Those samplers are beautiful. <BR/><BR/>I love that spangly ring you made, Gina!! Lovely!<BR/>As for the cake...none left for me then?!'fancypicnic'https://www.blogger.com/profile/11203906401082965076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2419544468759273678.post-70633363128070077722009-03-30T18:23:00.000+01:002009-03-30T18:23:00.000+01:00wow - what beautiful work! Friar tuck looks like a...wow - what beautiful work! Friar tuck looks like a rather handsome fellow!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05433552236916860728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2419544468759273678.post-28180207977530981752009-03-30T18:12:00.000+01:002009-03-30T18:12:00.000+01:00Ah but did you see the new series of Robin Hood - ...Ah but did you see the new series of Robin Hood - your Friar Tuck looks nothing like the new one!<BR/><BR/>I've just put my great-great grandmother's sampler back up on the wall - dated 1852!<BR/><BR/>Lucy xLocket Pockethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16689704503844595835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2419544468759273678.post-54262064105220859082009-03-30T18:08:00.000+01:002009-03-30T18:08:00.000+01:00I kidnapped the sherrif some time ago! Wonderful s...I kidnapped the sherrif some time ago! Wonderful samplers, have you seen the ones at Montacute House in Somerset?Pathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15771378948765147509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2419544468759273678.post-11017382909049056602009-03-30T17:56:00.000+01:002009-03-30T17:56:00.000+01:00Sitting here with the giggles..is hubby happy at b...Sitting here with the giggles..is hubby happy at being referred to as Friar Tuck?!! Lovely work on those samplers, so delicate. I have a Heather Belcher bag (rather old now) - wonder how her work has evolved.walter and mehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03654023053222721637noreply@blogger.com