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<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nI stitched this on 36 count flax colored linen (from Zweigart I think) with silks mostly from The Thread Gatherer. The solid green and solid rose are Gloriana and the white is Blanc Optique from AVAS (I needed a really bright white to show up on the flax. I’m happy with it.) Three of the Thread Gatherer silks are from a limited edition collection which was released in memory of Cecelia’s son with the proceeds going to organizations that support mental health and suicide prevention. As soon as I saw the colors I knew they would be very pretty on a Quaker and this Blackbird Designs project fit the bill. I LOVE the pastel rainbow used on the alphabet. It is called My Ladies and refers to her son’s chickens! The blue-green thread wasn’t in the collection. It is called Plum Guqin and it was so fun to stitch as well. What can I say, the colors made this project for me. It is just so soft and fresh. <\/p>\n\n\n\n I must offer many thanks to my friend for loaning me her chart as this design is currently out of print! But I heard a little rumor that it may be republished soon so if you want to stitch it, just be patient! I bet you’ll be able to!<\/p>\n\n\n\n I don’t know what I will do with it yet. I saw one stitcher made hers into a simply enormous drum. I don’t think I want such a huge drum. But I’m not sure I’ll frame it. Maybe make a pillow? I mean a normal pillow, not a pin pillow. Well, we’ll see. I just spent a lot on frames which you will get to see next month so maybe that’s why I’m not sure about a frame. In the meantime, I will iron it and hang it up in my closet with its “friends” who are also awaiting their Final Finish! <\/p>\n\n\n\n As a little PS, you know what I forgot to acknowledge? My blogging anniversary! It was September 28! I have been blogging for 5 years! Thanks so all of you who have read my musings! I have so much fun being a part of your community!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I finished Quaker Garden today! Isn’t is PRETTY??? I stitched this on 36 count flax colored linen (from Zweigart I think) with silks mostly from The Thread Gatherer. The solid green and solid rose are Gloriana and the white is Blanc Optique from AVAS (I needed a really bright white to show up on the flax. I’m happy with it.) […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":4630,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[186],"tags":[61],"class_list":["post-4623","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-finished-2021","tag-blackbird-designs"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.marysthread.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/img_6432-1-e1633661574252.jpg?fit=980%2C477&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marysthread.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4623","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marysthread.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marysthread.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marysthread.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marysthread.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4623"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.marysthread.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4623\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4633,"href":"https:\/\/www.marysthread.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4623\/revisions\/4633"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marysthread.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4630"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marysthread.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4623"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marysthread.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4623"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marysthread.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4623"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.marysthread.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/img_6432.jpg?resize=640%2C480&ssl=1\")
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