Strawberry Season Cross Stitch Sampler Pattern

"I only have to break into the tightness of a strawberry and I see summer — its dust and lowering skies." — Toni Morrison, The Bluest Eye Fox, butterfly, and simple strawberry converge in a summer field watched over by a blooming daisy amid plenty of bees working around their hive This piece is stitched on 32-count linen (that's 16 stitches per inch) with two-plies of DMC six-ply cotton embroidery floss. Finished size of design area: 6"w x 8"h (15cm x 20cm); 96 stitches wide x 128 high on 32-count fabric You will need: One 14" x 16" (36cm x 41cm) piece of 32-count evenweave linen from Wichelt in Natural Brown Undyed (31) 24" (61cm) lengths of various colors of DMC 6-ply cotton embroidery floss One skein DMC 6-ply cotton embroidery floss in color #3371 One piece of chipboard for creating a floss organizer #24 tapestry needle(s) for cross stitch Embroidery scissors 4" (10cm) embroidery hoop Frame and framing supplies This pattern includes: Stitching instructions Color and black-and-white cross-stitch charts with symbols To learn how to do counted cross stitch, please click here. For help with framing your finished piece yourself, please click here.