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Marie Duclos was thirteen years old when the spring of 1895 gently settled over her village. The hedges, still shy, were dotted with buds, and the first scents of flowers drifted through the window of the room where she sat each afternoon, her embroidery hoop resting on her knees.

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Cross stitch pattern from The Sweetheart Tree featuring a lovely sampler with the alphabet and a wreath of vines and hearts!

Pattern is stitched on 28 ct White Chocolate or Platinum using DMC threads and Mill Hill Beads. Stitch count is 62 x 62. Finished size is 4.43" x 4.43".

Gift From The Sea by Anne Morrow Lindbergh is one of my favorite books. In it, Mrs. Lindbergh used specific shells from the beach: Channelled Whelk, Moon Shell, Double-Sunrise, Oyster Bed and Argonauta, to illustrate beautiful pondering and insight on being a woman, a wife, a mother.

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