Petra, who lives in The Hague, in the Netherlands, has a friend Jerina who she’s known for for 31 years. Having missed their 30-year anniversary of friendship, they celebrated their 31-anniversary instead. Petra decided to stitch Gardener’s Delight from issue 410 as a special surprise for the occasion…
“I always think, but that is also a Dutch thing, that flowers make a perfect gift,” explains Petra. For this anniversary I wanted to do something special so I stitched the flowers for her. When I saw the design in the magazine a few months earlier, I knew immediately that I wanted to make this for her. I stitched on a light green fabric, because that will fit the colours in her home. And I added our names and the date, the…
