I finished my 3 squares of Parisian stitch. The first one came out pretty good:
I turned it a quarter-turn to work and spent a lot of time pulling each thread in the 3-thread strand after making each stitch so the threads would lay flat and even.
My second square is my own design based on various samples I saw:
I really like how this one came out. I centered it exactly and had to do fill-in stitches on each edge. I think it came out great.
My third square is a copy of one of the samples in the book done in my own colors:
This is George's favorite. I like it too. I finished the square and then noticed that I had mixed up some of the colors on stitches in the ribbon so I had to cut it out and re-do in the correct colors for the pattern. The front looks great, but I won't be showing off the back of this square to anyone.
I now have 8 of the 25 squares filled in and have to start paying closer attention to the overall appearance of the sampler. I also need to decide how I'm going to fill in the lines between the squares - one color, multiple colors in patterns, etc.