Life is the Flower... for which Love is the Honey! - This latest Farm Sampler is based on one of the oldest farms near where I live, a beekeeping and honey farm. When I was growing up there wasn’t any other honey to buy. Babe and Charlie started their farm with a couple of hives and a market stand on the side of the road in Victoria early 1940’s, but it was Babe herself who loved the beekeeping craft. She eventually bought a large tract of land in farming country, and there she produced the best Wildflower honey on the west coast for years. Babe has recently passed on, and this farm sampler commemorates her personal values and the sweetness of her honey for the future. At the top of the Babe’s Honey Farm sampler you'll find a couple of farm cottages, one to process the honey into the jars, and the other for the owner to live in. Lower down you will see several beekeeping staff carefully removing honey from the combs or gently walking through and inspecting the boxes and straw hives. You’ll see a multitude of special flowers, especially wildflowers that were so much part of Babe’s legacy. Finally, at the bottom is a Market Stall, where Babe sold her honey, beeswax, candles, pollen, soaps, and honey balsamic vinegar. Delicious! Each of the bands are separated by interesting specialty stitched bands. Parts of this design can be stitched separately, and can be used in many different ways. The top and bottom scenes are both wonderful as stand-alone designs, perhaps using the petit alphabet (on our website in the Mini Patterns section) to personalize your sampler. You could also use some of the motifs for a nametag, greeting card, or honey bee stitching accessories. I'm sure your imagination can supply lots more uses for all these dear little motifs. Enjoy bringing this delightful farm sampler to life! - Thea
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Design: 72w x 180h (5.1” wide x 12.85” high)
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Model: 28ct Cashel Linen - Golden Sand:
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Cut fabric: 11” wide x 19” high
Suggested Materials
- Dinky Dyes silk #025 “Ruby” - multi red pink
- Gloriana silk #045 “Lacquered Gold” - multi golds
- Gentle Art ST. “Spring Grass” - grass greens
- Weeks #1298 “Gunmetal” - greys dk
- Weeks #2158 “Juniper” - greens dk
- NN#178 “Coventry Garden” - multi blue
- Kreinik Mori #0733 - yellow lt
- Kreinik Mori #6114 - pink med
- Kreinik Mori #8000 - white
- Needlepoint Inc. #0974 - grey brown med
- YLI 4mm silk ribbon #0105 - peach
- Gentle Art ST “Presidential Blue” - blues
- Gentle Art ST “Baby Spinach” - greens med
- Weeks #1269 “Chestnut” - brown med dk
- Weeks #2225 “Marigold” - multi orange yellow
- Kreinik Mori #0103 - flesh
- Kreinik Mori #0813 - grey beige
- Kreinik Mori #7014 - tan
- Kreinik Mori #8050 - black
- Needlepoint Inc. #0155A - blue green med
- Needlepoint Inc. #0503 - red
- Needlepoint Inc. #0765 - caramel
- YLI 4mm silk ribbon #0015 - yellow
- Antique Gold Charm - tiny bumblebees
- Zweigart 28ct Cashel Linen - Golden Sand
- #24 tapestry needle
- #10 short beading needle
Stitches used in this Sampler:
- Cross Stitch
- French Knot
- Lazy Daisy Stitch
- Back Stitch
- Cross Stitch over ONE fabric thread
- Satin Stitch Triangles
- Herringbone Stitch
- Colonial Knot
- Smyrna Cross
- Modified Queen Stitch
- Triple Cross Variation
- Scotch Stitch
- Captive Double Rice Stitch
- Honeycomb Stitch
- Double Running Stitch
- Zig Zag Stitch
- Bullion Knot
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