FINALLY! Last part!
To add insult to injury I got sick and have slept through the weekend…
Which meant that I simply couldn’t prepare the files for you before now. And then I realized that the alphabet in the sampler wont fit in the hollow space and had to modify the original slightly… which, of course, took some more time.
I am very sorry for this delay.
But, on the bright side… they are now ready! And you get slightly bigger chart than the previous parts. I saw no reason to leave that last ten-or-so rows for another month.

That hollow space at the bottom border is for your initials and year. You can use the given alphabet (included with the last part) over one OR use the backstitch alphabet of your liking.
*.pdf for part VIIII can be downloaded from here. (Please do not open the file before saving it to your own computer. You can save it like this: Right click, “Save Link As”/ “Save As” and then you just choose the location at your computer.)
If you are new to this project you can find basic information from here and first eight parts of this just checking previous posts.
Please, do NOT link directly to the files – also do NOT share the design through email, forums, blogs, photo hosts or through any electronic or physical media! If you wish to let your friends know about this stitch-a-long please give them a link to this blog.
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When you are done with part nine (or any of the parts), please, email a picture (periphaeria at gmail dot com) or post a comment with a link to your blog or online photo album so we can all see how beautiful your version is!
And remember… this project will be taken down 1st of January, 2012.



Hurray the final part! I have caught up with the motifs but not the border. It is very slow stitching over 1! However it looks amazing.
Thank you so much for this lovely SAL. Looking forward to the next one…
Thanks for this sal. Kisses