Summer Storm Cross Stitch Sampler Kit craft kit Things of Winter

Things of Winter

PLEASE NOTE: Most of this pattern is done in 2 plies of floss over 2 threads of linen

Embroidery tutorial

One 9" x 10" (23cm x 25cm) piece of 32-count evenweave linen from Wichelt in Mediterranean Sea

"I only have to break into the tightness of a strawberry and I see summer — its dust and lowering skies

Summer Storm Cross Stitch Sampler Kit craft kit Things of WinterAll week here in northwest Oregon we've had scorching hot weather and blazing sun broken by the onset of sudden cloud cover, wind, and thunder rumbling long and low across the sky. I have been thrilled with these summer storms. They are exactly like I remember from my childhood in the Midwest, and are what I tried to capture in this little cross stitch design. In my front garden here at home, today on Midsummer Day, my dahlias and daisies are just