Description
A gorgeous new design from Brenda Gervais that can be finished as a drum or a small cake using Brenda’s fabulous finishing instructions included with the chart. The chart includes the beautiful red alphabet linen for finishing the drum/cake.
Stitch Count: 64w x 64h
This design is stitched on R&R’s Liberty Gathering linen in 36ct. A fat eighth provides plenty of margin and enough extra to stitch another small project.
To order a Fat Eighth of R&R 36ct. Liberty Gathering, please click here: Liberty Gathering 36ct. Fat Eighth
To order the 2″ x 4″ round paper mache box & candle stick holder to make the cake stand, please click here: Box & Candlestick holder for Happy Birthday America
Please click here to purchase the Vintage Poms from Lady Dot Creates
A note from Brenda:
I am excited to share an upcoming release with you titled Happy Birthday, America! This patriotic finishing idea turned out just as I had envisioned/hoped….and I love it! A finish to look like a tiny birthday cake… on a cake stand, no less!
The finish uses a round 4″ paper mache box and a wooden candlestick. The instructed finishing technique gives a perfectly shaped “cake” with no wonky bumps or lumps…super easy, and no sewing machine required!
Lady Dot Creates pom trim perfectly represents piped frosting around the top and bottom edges of the little cake….so sweet, and calorie-free!
The pattern will include WTN&T’s exclusive “faux sampler” linen….this time, the letters are printed in a wonderful school house red colorway. Your customer may notice the J and U are missing from the fabric; this is intentional. The alphabet is styled to look like a charted alphabet found in early pattern books from centuries ago. The English language of that time had just 24 letters. Letters J and U were missing. Since some letters were similar in appearance, they were used interchangeably, such as the I and J and the U and V.
The cross stitch design features a young eagle. It takes 4 – 5 years for the eagles head and tail feathers to turn white. With the cake theme, strawberries just seemed fitting. My families’ birthdays always consisted of Mom’s, made from scratch, angel food cake, and garden strawberries. A waving flag, bunting-draped urn, stars and fireworks rounds out the design.
