State Charts

Over the years, I have collected various kits or charts for the states we have lived in. I have Hearts of America by Victoria Sampler, America the Beautiful by Janlynn and Statehood Splendor by Thread Milk Design

This past week I picked up the charts for Statehood Splendor by Thread Milk Designs. I changed a few of the threads using what I had on hand and I did order some as well.

My grand plan is to stitch everything from all the designers and sew them together into a quilt or wall hanging. So, I wanted the ones from the Statehood Splendor group to be on the same fabric. It calls for 36 count, but I am attempting to work from stash, so I am using some 25 count Laguna in the color bone. They end up about 4 inches square.

First is California, I used Gentle Arts Country Redwood, the design called for Valdani Old Brick, which I did not have on hand, but I did have the Gentle Arts.

California is followed by Nebraska.

It called for Weeks Dyeworks (WDW) Cayenne, which I did not have.  I used WDW Louisiana Hot Sauce. I also had to sub out the black. It called for Valdani Khaki Black. I used WDW Charcoal.

Which is followed by Iowa

It also called for Valdani Old Brick, which I subbed out like I did for California.

The designer worked it as red, white and blue top to bottom. But the center white area of the state motto did not show up well on the bone fabric. So, I outlined the words in DMC #03 a medium grey. The photo below shows the back stitch in progress and last photo shows the finished piece.

I have three more states to go! They work up fairly quickly and the designer includes a half-page of information about each state, which has been interesting too.

Happy Stitching!