Wednesday, March 19, 2008

My little sister is sooooooo jealous of this right now!


Four Trees by Bent Creek
Originally uploaded by Stitching scientist.

My sister is the self proclaimed tree-huggin-save-the-earth-hippy in the family. Don't get me wrong, we were both raised to recycle, reduce and reuse by my my just-missed-the-freelovin-60's-but-got-the-point-of-it mom but my sister is right now trying to put together a "green" wedding for her 150 closest friends/family/future inlaws. This is not as easy as you may at first think. It is way easier to trash the earth on limited funds, being carbon conscious is expensive.

So no, this is not for her wedding, this is mine for my office (I AM a biology teacher),. It is Four Trees By Bent Creek. I believe it is an older pattern that is now OOP. I used the called for threads in Anchor/DMC/and GAST on 28 ct linen. Stitched it over spring break, and framed it yesterday but I have to wait for a sunny day to take a decent picture for you. This morning's light didn't cut it.

Anna, thanks for the advice on attaching trim, I'll try that next time and let you know how it goes.

10 comments:

Anna van Schurman said...

That is really cute. I've never seen that before. Nicely done!

Sharon said...

What a cool pattern! Your finish is lovely and will be perfect for your office! congrats.

Anonymous said...

Lovely stitching and a cool design. Good job.

Margaret said...

Very well done!!! I love this chart! I'll have to start looking for it on ebay....

Abi said...

I have never seen this design before. It is so pretty. Congratulations on the finish.

Anonymous said...

You might want to be careful i might ask for trees for christmas!!!:)

Carmen said...

great finish :D

i am biology research too!!

Robin said...

How wonderful! It makes me wish I knew how to cross stitch. :)

Leslie aka zoeandcooper said...

Cute piece. Perfect for your office.

Anonymous said...

Wow, I really love this! I'll have to keep an eye out for this pattern.