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I next stitched a couple gifts for a friend who was a great support to me over the last year. She is friends with two of my brothers in Southern California, but we met online. She was able to keep me informed of my brother Paul's health (Paul had cancer), when he did not let me know firsthand.
Earth's Book Mark is by Betsy C. Stinner of Earth Threads. This was a free chart found online. I liked the fact that it has the appearance of a sampler, but is all stitched with cross-stitch. The chart calls for Sampler Threads by the Gentle Art, but I didn't have any in my stash, so substituted with DMC floss.
I'm guessing that the color key has an error in it, and that the *star* symbol should be the gold, and the "solid box" symbol should be the green. If stitched as is, the leaves of the flower and plants are gold! Of course, I didn't realize this until I had the center motif completed! :: shrugging :: That's ok. It's still pretty.
The bookmark worked up quickly, and the muted colors were interesting to work with.
Here are the color choices I made:
| triangle | 791 | (midnight blue) |
| oval | 793 | (blue jay) |
| cross | 3350 | (cherry wine) |
| star | 783 | (gold leaf) |
| box | 522 | (evergreen) |
| Pattern name: |
Earth's Book Mark |
| Designer: |
Betsy C. Stinner of Earth Threads |
| Stitch Count: |
25 x 101 |
| Fabric: |
28 count Confederate Grey Quaker Cloth |
| Floss: |
DMC cotton |
| Cost: |
Free online |
| Copyright year: |
1998 (?) |
Earth Threads
Designs by Betsy C. Stinner
22 Boltwood Avenue
Castleton, NY 12033
(518) 732-4293
The Gentle Art
Nancy Pfeifer, Catherine Theron
4081 Bremo Recess
New Albany, OH 43054-8955
(614) 855-8346
Fax: (614) 855-4298
Back to Cameo's Corner: 1998
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