Some Modification

Jen1 was over for some stitching today. She works on Saturdays so we won’t be seeing her at our guild’s stitch day tomorrow. We had a very pleasant afternoon chatting about our respective retreats attended last weekend. 

At the Trillium Guild retreat, Jeanette organized a stash sale. Jen1 picked this up for me.

And the tin is part of the kit! Thanks, Jen!

While we chatted, I poked away at the Spring Floral Sampler. It’s going to be a gift for a non-stitcher so we discussed omitting the alphabet. I thought I’d chart ‘Welcome Spring’ and stitch that below instead.

I charted it with my really old Cross Stitch Design Studio program and stitched the words this evening.

Since the alphabet is gone, I’ll add a leaf onto the left  of the tulip and right of the daffodil. That will be my primary task tomorrow at our stitch day.

To finish it, I’ll mount it on some foamcore and mount that onto a slightly larger piece of cardboard covered in fabric. I’ll add cording as a hanger. I want to get it done and given to the recipient before spring is over.