Woodland Gatherings

This past winter I've been going to Caroline's Cotton Cottage for Wildflower Girls. The location of her shop is in the Limberlost area where Gene Stratton Porter places the stories of her books. Each year Caroline bases the class on one of Gene's books. This year the book we learned about was the Harvester.

Caroline designs a pattern for us at each class. Usually it's a small quilt (which I don't normally make) but each year she also designs a pincushion. I decided to make the pincushion this year which is named Woodland Gatherings.

Each flower represents an herb talked about in the book. The pincushion measures 4.5" by 6.5".

I've always wanted to do wool work but never find the time, too many handwork projects in progress! I did buy another small kit though, a nativity scene. Hopefully I can work on it this spring/summer/fall and have it ready to be displayed at Christmas.

The reason the class is called Wildflower Girls is because Gene Stratton Porter was a naturalist and talks about wildflowers and nature in the books.

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