Things of Summer Cross Stitch Sampler Kit

Things of Summer Cross Stitch Sampler KitThis is an aspirational collection of summer things. I designed it before lock down started last spring, never dreaming that much of what's invoked here beach days and summer parties and midsummer crowns would be enjoyed alone, or not at all. Nevertheless, the simple joys of summer have not entirely disappeared. The red geranium I used as a prop in this photo is now thriving on my office windowsill. My striped suited daughter has spent many afternoons

and mushroom converge on a cloudy night with a golden moon above

which has been making sewing tools since 1833 in Normandy

I got interested in making my own lotion bars with my own customized essential oil blends

Pinking shears (scallop or zig-zag)

The red geranium I used as a prop in this photo is now thriving on my office windowsill

Honey has light skin and blond hair

One 5" x 8" (13cm x 20cm) piece of National Nonwovens wool-blend felt in color #TOY002-0664 Oakwood (reddish-brown)

Rounds are 3/4" in diameter

One 14" x 16" (36cm x 41cm) piece of 32-count linen in Star Sapphire by Wichelt

My little girl loves to pick them for me

A Czech-glass faceted cathedral bead with a Picasso finish (a luster finish that gives a speckled

Paper scissors