The Ides of March, not so good for Julius Caesar and the Republic of Rome, but for me, I am utterly chuffed. I was asked to sew a church kneeler for a Fort Worth Episcopal Church. My Aunt Jinks was asked to stitch two pieces for the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C. to be ready for when the church opened. Mom and I feel that to be asked to stitch a piece for a church is truly an honor, one of the highest that can be achieved in the needlepointing world. I am chuffed at the honor of doing this for the church. It is a piece in memory of a long-time church member requested by her husband and will go in the God's Creations section of the church and has pink roses and white lilies in its center, as the member loved roses and flowers. The kneeler is 5 feet wide and 14 1/4" high. I have marked it so that I can accomplish 5 inches of canvas per month. I'm working on a stitching progress plan so that I can finish the kneeler no later than a year. The stitching is simple, two threads of Paternayan wool in Basketweave.
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