Last Christmas, I was given a very special little project, a cross stitch kit that my son picked up at the Tower of London when he was in London to present an academic paper at an invitational seminar. So nice of him to think of me, at that time!

The size of the finished item is probably about as large as the image on this screen. The name of the project is “Tudor Rose,” and the design is the “flower emblem of England,” according to the instruction sheet, and commemorates events in British history. The kit was prepared by Textile Heritage, a company in Scotland:

The finished product looks as though the project was easy. Actually, though it was not difficult to do, it was extremely time-consuming. I am very pleased with the final result. The piece has enough contrasts in color to be very striking. I had not done any counted cross stitch in a long time, and it was fun to work on this one. I especially liked learning about the history of the rose symbolism which became an official symbol of the Tudor dynasty under King Henry VIII.

Patricia Cummings,

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