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GGMa (my great-grandmother) is turning 100 in October When she got married, her "bouquet" was uncut calla lilies, so when I found a beautiful pattern for a calla lily in a sampler/motif book that I recently got, I knew I had to stitch it for her. I started a few days ago, and have been pleasantly surprised to find it a very quick and easy project - it's been very rewarding to see the design develop so quickly! I don't have a picture of what the finished piece will look like (pattern only, which I obvi can't post), but here's a taste of what's to come....



For anyone wondering, I'm using regular DMC cotton floss on 28 ct linen - first time stitching off Aida, and LOVING it!

Lovely work Your great gran is going to love it

This is going to make a super present. I'm sure your great grandmother will be delighted.

Oh this is beautiful your great grandma will love it.

Wonderful!!!! What a lucky great grandmother! She will love it!

that's beautiful so far!

That is a beautiful and what a very special gift for you GGM!!!!!

It's beautiful! ....and will be a very lovely, thoughtful gift!

How lovely!

I had an uncut callah lilies bouquet at my wedding too - sounds like me and your GGMa have similar tastes.

Lovely!

hmm maybe going to use that idea for my vow renewal at 10year..only 4 years away..

sounds lovely! i can picture it now

What a beautiful project, and such a thoughtful choice!

Beautiful!

wow 100, i cant imagine being 30 never mind 100

This is beautiful! And I'm glad you're enjoying your first experience of evenweave/linen, once I discovered it I never went back to aida!

Louise

Lisa wrote:
wow 100, i cant imagine being 30 never mind 100

30? I can assure you, it was a wonderful time. Although I can hardly remember it, it was so long ago. And I still feel young - perhaps I shouldn't???

You GGMA will be so surprised. I love the way it is coming along, and it looks really nice on the linen.

What a lovely thoughtful gift. I bet she'll absolutely love it!

Decided I needed a little mixin' up of my work, and I really want to get this done ASAP, as obviously every day with my GGMa is a gift....here's progress as of last night

Really beautiful