Violets And Sunshine July Cross Stitch Patterns

2026 marks the 250th year of the Great American Experiment. What started as a federated group of 13 colonies has grown into a nation of 50 states embodying our earliest motto: E Pluribus Unum (Out of Many, One). We created this pattern to honor this anniversary and the ideal of unity, which is... Read more about E Pluribus Unum - Patriotic Cross Stitch Pattern

I ran across a quote by Thucydides recently that essentially said the secret to happiness is freedom and the secret to freedom is courage. It occurred to me that so much of our freedom rides on the back of the courage of others, which we all too often take for granted. And, in taking the courage of... Read more about Freedom & Courage - Patriotic Cross Stitch Pattern

The United States of America has been called "The Great Experiment". It is more than a mere federation of loosely connected states, it is a diverse but unified Nation that is dynamic-growing and changing through the years. This pattern was created as a reminder that diversity and unity are... Read more about Many & One - Patriotic Cross Stitch Pattern

Recently, I was reading Katherine Lee Bates' poem "America the Beautiful" and was struck by the third stanza, which speaks of heroes and nobleness. That lead me to think about all of the heroes in my own life (both known and unknown), all the people who gave up their time, talents, and... Read more about Noble & True - Patriotic Cross Stitch Pattern

Second in our American Flag Series, Liberty and Justice was created as a tribute to these mutually dependent virtues that are so important to the American experiment. To secure one, we must have the other: Liberty without Justice is merely license and Justice without Liberty is tyranny. (A good... Read more about Liberty & Justice - Patriotic Cross Stitch Pattern