Basket of Memories

 On June 15th, our family had to say goodby to my "little" brother, Leonard Eugene Little after a very short battle with cancer. He left behind four daughters, two sisters, seven grandchildren, and numerous nieces and nephews.

I wanted to stitch something for his three New Zealand daughters who came to this country to be his primary caregivers. The three girls are amazing young women. 

I chose Basket of Memories by Blackbird Designs which I had stitched in the past for Barb Adams who was one half of the Blackbird Designs team. 

 I chose a piece of 14 count Vintage Oat aida by Zweigart and three different colors of Victorian Motto Sampler Shoppe floss to use for each small pillow. On the back, I will add my brother's name and his birth and death year. 

Floss: VMSS Ocean Coral

  

Floss: VMSS Santa Fe

Floss: VMSS Old World Patina

 

Sweetly Saying - Stitching

 Free Stitch Friday for April from Primrose Cottage is Sweetly Saying - Stitching.

The stitch count is 75 x 60 and the suggested fabric is 32ct Light Ash Gray using Color and Cotton and DMC floss. I had seen this one stitched in shades of blue in the Primrose Cottage Facebook group and liked it.

I chose a piece of 14ct Vintage Oat and and blues from the Color and Cotton Bluebird gradient pack.

• Dark Bluebird
• Soft Bluebird
• Pale Bluebird
• DMC3756 instead of White
•  DMC 726 (yellow)
• Anchor Black
• DMC 3347 (green) 
• Classic Colorworks Cherry Cobbler
•  Classic Colorworks Tennessee Red Clay

This one joins the pile of ones that need to be fully finished.