“Love is a Fruit in Season at all times and within reach of every hand.” - Mother Theresa There are so many wonderful small family farms near my home on Vancouver Island. The Oldfield Orchard is my sixth Farm Sampler, and a companion to the Pumpkin Patch Farm, Babe’s Honey Farm, Ravenhill Farm, Strawberry Fields Farm and Jingle Bells Christmas Tree Farm. This latest Farm Sampler honours a bountiful orchard located on the Saanich Peninsula near Victoria. I’ve taken some liberties with the various crops as I know they don’t all ripen at once; for instance the apples are usually ripen later in the season and the raspberries, cherries, and peaches and plums all ripen at different times. All the fruit gives the orchard its bountiful feel. At the top of the Oldfield Orchard Sampler you’ll find the owners blue house beside the ripening apple grove. The farmer is just picking the raspberries ripe on the vines, beside the bee hive and peach tree. The green apples, and purple plums are also ripe and ready to be picked. Their produce and delicious fruit pies are all displayed in the farm market tent stand, and you can rest in a chair sipping some fruit nectar underneath a cherry tree at the bottom of the sampler. Parts of this design can be stitched separately, and can be used in many different ways. You could also use some of the motifs for a nametag, greeting card, or stitching accessories. Enjoy bringing this delightful farm sampler to life! - Thea
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Design area: 72w x 171h (5.1” wide x 12.25” high)
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Model: 28ct Cashel Linen - Ice Blue:
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Cut fabric: 11” wide x 18” high
Suggested Materials
- Gloriana silk #087 “Forest” - greens med dk
- Gloriana silk #178 “Mocha” - browns
- Kreinik Mori #0103 - flesh lt
- Kreinik Mori #1114 - red
- Kreinik Mori #4164 - blue green
- Kreinik Mori #6116 - mauve
- Kreinik Mori #8050 - black
- Needlepoint Inc. #0304 - red brown
- Needlepoint Inc. #0742 - antique blue lt
- Needlepoint Inc. #0771 - yellow
- Gloriana silk #096 “Summer Foliage” - greens med lt
- Caron Waterlilies #139 “Kelp” - greens/browns
- Kreinik Mori #0923 - gold lt
- Kreinik Mori #2063 - orange
- Kreinik Mori #4216 - olive green dk
- Kreinik Mori #7124 - cream
- Needlepoint Inc. #0113 - bright blue
- Needlepoint Inc. #0694 - gold med
- Needlepoint Inc. #0753 - flesh med
- Needlepoint Inc. #0923 - antique blue med
- SJ Designs petite bead #1882 - red
- Mill Hill seed bead #02036 - orange
- Mill Hill seed bead #02066 - apple green
- Mill Hill seed bead #03026 - wild blueberry
- Zweigart 28ct Cashel Linen - Ice Blue
- #24 Tapestry Needle
- #10 short beading needle
Stitches used in this Sampler:
- Cross Stitch
- Back Stitch
- Lazy Daisy Stitch
- French Knot
- Cross Stitch over ONE fabric thread
- Elongated Cross Stitch
- Modified Smyrna Cross
- Satin Stitch heart
- Herringbone Stitch
- Bargello Wave
- Double Running Stitch
- Scotch Stitch
- Arrowhead Stitch
- Modified Double Rice Stitch
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