Patriotic Stitching

 Seems like everyone has been stitching patriotic pieces for the 250th anniversary of the United States. 

I have finally hopped on the bandwagon.

The borders on Stacy Nash's Liberty for All sampler first drew me to this design. So that's the first thing I plan to work on:

I'm using the called-for overdyed cotton threads on Rhyolite 40 count linen from Weeks Dye Works. The color of the linen is washing out, but it's a lovely, rich color that I think will work well.

And one of the sampler guilds I belong to, Examplary Needle Guild, is having Susan Standley of Stitch in Time present a program in June. As part of the program, we received the chart and kit for Clara 1876. So Clara is my second project:

AVAS silks on 37 count Legacy Linen Smoke Signal--yummy!

There is a third candidate for Patriotic stitching, if I can find it. Merry Cox designed a needle book that she taught at Christmas in Williamsburg a long, long time ago, like over two decades. I know I have it. I know I have seen it in the stash since we moved. Which bin it's in, I do not know. 

It will likely show up after the Fourth.