I am feeling much braver after finishing my "12 year" sampler (an Autumn sampler by the Prairie Schooler). I originally planned to do another Prairie Schooler sampler of the same size. The design is a Halloween sampler.
Instead I decided to attempt a very large sampler (to me anyways) and I started one of Kathy Barrick-Dieter's Tombstone angel charts.

I have the complete collection of all the Tombstone charts including the ones from Chartmakers published by Kathy in the late 1990's.

So I chose the Carolina Handley chart.

The inscription is:

"He first Deceased

She for a Little

tri'd to live

Without him

liked it not and di'd"

I am using 18 count oatmeal Aida; a light colored linen was used for the chart model.

OK - the stitching started on 27May2010 - I only have limited uninterrupted stitching time until Elphaba arrives on June 11th.