Sarah's Completed Crossstitch

John Clayton's "Venice," from his International Collection, like "Greek Steps," stitched several years ago. This was completed for Katie Wilson, my aunt, for her birthday this year.

Finished and framed! The Image Gallery, at the Burlington Mall, did a beautiful job, as usual.
Rembrandt Tulips by Silver Lining. Close up of flowers.
Rembrandt Tulips by Silver Lining, completed late October, 2005.
Greek Steps from the John Clayton International Collection published by Heritage Stitchcraft, a company I encountered at the Cross Stitch convention we attended while we were in London. The finished project will hang on the wall of Shawna Kelly, a dear friend I know from our time together, years ago, at Shoreline Covenant Church in Shoreline, WA. Completed in September, 2005. Stitched on Sugar Maple's In the Clouds on lugana fabric.
I ordered a specialty fabric from Sugar Maple Fabrics for this pattern as well, a custom dye job that Melinda was gracious enough to create just for me. It was based on a the color tones of a picture taken of my DH and I in the tulip fields of Mount Vernon, Washington in 1996. The image on the right is a digital Proof of Concept composite.
Rembrandt Tulips by Silver Lining (#87) is a pattern I fell in love with last spring (tulips are my favorite flowers, especially in these colors). The pattern (demo model image) was a birthday gift from Brian & Leah Rykaczewski, my husband's sister and brother-in-law.
The Wedding by Lavendar & Lace (#19) was a gift to my sister-in-law, Leah Rykaczewski; a pattern of her choice. The Wedding had a lot of changes made to it, especially the hair colors, replacing the thread on the flower petals with irridecent beads and doing a 1 over 1 stitch on all of the skin. Looks great, but I don't think I'm EVER doing that again. Completed January 2003