My Little Piece of England . . .

This is by far one of my very favorite stitched pieces!

I got this chart with the threads as a kit. I stitched it in 1984.

What I like about it so much is that some of it is done in just one thread. I have always stitched the one thread stitches in a complete cross stitch instead of a tent stitch.

It is still light but it doesn't distort the fabric.

I fell like the lightness of the stitches helps the bolder stitches show up better in the finished product.

There is supposed to be a companion piece to this English Cottage

but I have never been able to find it.

I took it to Florida when I moved there in 1989.

I changed the mats out and put Den glass on it.

Den glass is museum glass but it looks like there is nothing there.

When I started working in Waco at Frames Etc. I changed the mats again.

Finally, when I went to work at Hobby Lobby, in the frame shop, I put the green suede and coral mat on it, yet ~ again.

This one looks the best, I think, and I will keep it.

It has had this frame on it since I worked at Frames Etc. in 1993.

The mat actually matches the frame exactly.

It hangs in my bedroom straight in front of my bed and I look at it every night before I go to sleep.

Some days it just pays to get up in the morning

knowing you can create beautiful needlework

you can enjoy for so many years.

God Bless and keep you safe from harm.

Thanks for stopping by ~

Lenna