This is a Christmas present for my mother. It's SB's shop exclusive Garden Gentle that mother purchased from SB way back in 2002. She stitched most of it but wasn't happy with the way the pale green showed up on the linen....it didn't! Plus she couldn't do the satin stitch. So I took it from her to fix. I changed the fabric and the green threads. Of couse, it's only taken me about 5 years to do this. Anyway....while I was at Jill Rensel's studio in September, I saw the frame for it for a major bargain price of $16 so I got it. Mother wasn't with me at the time and I never showed it to her. So yesterday, I did all the stitching and framed it myself. I pinned it into the foam core & then laced it. Now I know why framing costs so much! It's quite fiddly to get it straight. It's not perfect but it will do!
5 readers had something to say:
This is wonderful!!! Won't your Mom be so happy! Great story and a beautiful piece of work.
Love it Alison! Great job on the framing too!
Great job, Alison. You've stretched the fabric so well. What a bargain with that frame too. You're mother will be so pleased when she receives it.
Awesome! I love that piece and your mom will too!
Good job Alison!! Your Mom will be surprised and delighted!! Happy Holidays!!
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