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Brynwood Needleworks - My Version of PG's "Shepherd's Home" Pincushion

This is one of my recently completed projects. The design is one of Lisa Bongean's pieces included in the Primitive Gatherings' Wool Box #11. It's meant to be a pincushion, but I changed it up a bit.

 

If you click on the image, you can enlarge it to get a better look, and these are the modifications I made. First, I decided to make it into a piece that will be stitched to a ground fabric and framed. Second, I created the tree completely in stitchery, rather than adding wool for the trunk. Last, I added two crows in flight (where the pattern picture shows stick pins).

 

Brynwood Needleworks - BW "Wee Crows Seven" Sampler

I always add two crows because of the poem I learned as a child. I designed an entire sampler around the poem years ago. 

 

 "One crow, sorrow, 

Two crows, joy

Three crows, a letter, 

Four crows, a boy

Five crows, silver, 

Six crows, gold

Seven crows a secret, never to be told."

 

So, "two crows, joy" is always my choice. I'll get a frame next time I go to Menasha to Primitive Gatherings. I'm looking forward to how it will look with a border of fabric and wood.