The sampler cloth....it needs more. I need to make more sections before I begin to think about joining them, finishing, adding seams, edges....I took all my pieces out yesterday and assessed.....what does it need more of? embroidery? applique? patches? The answer was it needed a little simplicity. This is the beginning of that simplicity. Dupion silk dotted with motifs...random motifs. A few French knots, a few detached chain stitches, a little bit of cross stitch and the beginnings of the alphabet....an ''a'' to be precise. The ''b'', ''c'', ''d'' etc will follow.