PLUM STREET SAMPLERS: The Attic, Part I

January 18, 2012

The Attic, Part I

What a wonderfully perfect time I had at The Attic's 2012 Sampler Symposium! It has always been a dream of mine to visit this sampler oasis in the desert, so when Jean invited me to present a workshop there, I couldn't email my RSPV fast enough.

For those of you who have never had the pleasure of being there in person, here is a glimpse of what the shop looks like...

Tracy Riffle of Hands to Work fell in love with this one, by Midsummer Night's Designs...

Everywhere you look, you can find samplers with their Attic silk conversions next to them...

I love the details around the shop...

This is My Handworke, stitched by Jean on 45 count!

Half of The Scarlett House's Hannah Tingey, up close (one of my favorites)...

More samplers...

This one is by Threads of Gold...

This was the shop's gorgeous collection of sampler books, right behind a rack of Scarlet Letter charts...

And there was the most beautiful collection of fibers, everywhere one looked! To the east...

To the west...

The the south...

And to the north...

Another sweet design by The Scarlett House (this is Maddie Button)...

Here's another look at Sarah Munday, pictured above...

And still more samplers...

Here's a very small fraction of The Attic's gorgeous moulding selection...

I'll close with a photo of a sweet little bird, but I'll be back tomorrow with more photos from the shop and the Symposium. I hope you enjoyed this virtual tour so far!

I'm off to stitch my guts out now. ;)

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Ahem. This is a very very dangerous post. You need to put up warnings asap. lol! Ok, so where's the shot of the whole sampler of Sarah Munday? I love the verse on it -- I need it! But then I need a whole bunch of the samplers I saw in this post. like I said. Dangerous post......

Posted by: Margaret | January 18, 2012 at 12:56 PM

Oh my!!!!!!!! I have never seen anything quite so spectacular!!!! Cannot wait for tomorrow's post!!!!
Like Margaret said.....this is a very dangerous post!!!!!

Posted by: Marion | January 18, 2012 at 01:18 PM

OH!! I wish I hadn't looked at your post for the day! Now I want to go for a visit and get all of those gorgeous sampler charts!!

Posted by: mary | January 18, 2012 at 02:01 PM

Oh Wow!! I wish we had such a shop in the Netherlands!!! Or maybe, it's better not :-)

Greetings from Debby

Posted by: Debby Verschoor | January 18, 2012 at 02:03 PM

Thanks so much for the tour! I look forward to the next part.

Posted by: Diana Jacobson | January 18, 2012 at 02:19 PM

wow. What a fabulous shop. Thank you for sharing, I can't wait for the next post.

Posted by: amy ( sew~amy) | January 18, 2012 at 02:23 PM

Oh Paulette, I'm drooling at the sight of your gorgeous pictures! Can't wait to see more!

Posted by: Kristen from MA | January 18, 2012 at 02:42 PM

I haven't had any stitching mojo in a month and by golly I think you've pushed me into a flying needle fit. I do have one question...The sampler with the "naked" mermaid - who's the designer of THAT? That's something the, ahem, boyfriend would like, I'm afraid. :-)

Amazing post, Paulette. Thank you for sharing, and looking forward to part 2!

Posted by: Julie Nichols | January 18, 2012 at 03:32 PM

Thanks for sharing such wonderful pictures Paulette! I would love to go to that shop:)

Posted by: Brenda | January 18, 2012 at 04:40 PM

Stitching nirvana!

Posted by: Melissa | January 18, 2012 at 05:09 PM

Wonderful post... can't wait for tomorrow's post.

Posted by: Laurie in Iowa | January 18, 2012 at 06:22 PM

Yummy! Sampler smorgasbord! Lovely pictures, makes me want to dive into my stitching.

Posted by: PJ | January 18, 2012 at 07:17 PM

All I can say is OMG!

Posted by: Susan | January 18, 2012 at 08:06 PM

Wow e wow wow. This post brought on a hot flash and I didn't even interrupt my staring to dry off or throw something. Can't wait to see more!

Posted by: marly | January 18, 2012 at 08:21 PM

amazing! thanks

Posted by: Dovile | January 19, 2012 at 02:25 AM

You should have posted a warning above this post, that viewing may cause breathing problems. OH MY GOSH. I have dreamed of going to The Attic for years, and now I have even more reasons to want to go! I love that Sarah Munday sampler! Gorgeous post and pics, Paulette!

Posted by: Siobhan | January 19, 2012 at 06:11 AM

Oh Paulette what absolutely AMAZING pictures! Makes me wish I could stitch like a sewing machine... whrrrrrrrrr. I was absolutely in awe of what you photographed. Looking forward to seeing more. :) Cathryn

Posted by: Cathryn | January 19, 2012 at 06:38 AM

Wow! What an amazing place! Thanks for sharing these photos Paulette.

Posted by: Nancy | January 19, 2012 at 07:06 AM

What a fun weekend and I love this post, the shop is just fantabulous isn't it???

Posted by: Katrina | January 19, 2012 at 07:14 AM

What a beautiful shop! Who stitched all of those models? It makes my little shop look rather quaint! I'm glad you had such a great time there. Wow. I'm not envious.......

Posted by: Robin Hager | January 19, 2012 at 07:26 AM

I had heard about the shop from some friends who visited it but had no idea of the extent of samplers within. Absolutely amazing!! And all that floss..... this must be heaven! Thank you so much for sharing all of this with us. I've spotted some samplers that I've added to my wish list. Your photos of the models show the gorgeous colours off so well. I'm liking that Midsummer Night Design one but I think my favourite is Elizabeth Barrat.

Posted by: Lynn Jones | January 19, 2012 at 07:55 AM