Hey everybody! I am so glad you came by. Thank you for your kind comments, they make me smile. :)
I have been gardening. I got the chocolate heart garden reduced a bit in size. This required moving quite a few perennials inward. I had to hand dig the grass out. Even pull tiny bits out from between iris tubers. Stupid grass that crept in!!
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| Mother Is Love by Tricia Wilson Nguyen |
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| Mother's Day present for mom on Chocolate Ruffles Heuchera |
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| Chocolate Heart Garden April 2012 |
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So I also stitched. This is the present I just made for my mother. Mother Is Love is the name of this
freebie. I have had this pattern in my stash for a long time. I knew I wanted to make it for my mom, just needed to finally do it. I did not use the tent stitch with this as called for, just all cross stitch. I also did not use silk threads, just my good old dmc for me! :) I found a few color conversions, but not all. I just chose what looked good to me. I stitched it one over one on on tea dyed 35 count linen. I had to hand sew the whole thing while finishing. That caused stress, but I prevailed. The cluny lace was the bugger. It was twice the width it now it. It had a satin ribbon running down the center. I simply pulled out the ribbon, cut it in half and then attached it by hand. I found all the trims and backing fabric at JoAnn.
Have a fabulous day you guys. I will be back soon.
Stitching and finishing something else :),
Vickie
