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Wednesday, June 23, 2021

2021.06.23 WIPs Wednesdays

This month's International Hermit and Stitch Weekend (IHSW) had the theme of butterflies. My daughter, Avalon, loves butterflies and we had previously picked out this pattern from Heaven and Earth Designs (HAED) a mini size of Butterfly Effect from the artwork by Kate Powell. I chose a pale sky blue hand dyed Aida from Mystic Fabrics from my stash and started at the bottom center. The needleminder is from the cover art of the book "The Mists of Avalon" by Marian Zimmer Bradley.

This story is what prompted my mom to suggest naming my daughter Avalon Rose. As I was looking for the right name to accompany my son's name, Tristan William. Their names are a reflection of my history background with a focus on English monarchs. Which also explains the Henry VIII pattern I'm working on, LOL!!

Tristan is named after the character in the movie, "Legends of the Fall" portrayed by Brad Pitt. His middle name is honor of my stepdad William "Bill" Vanderheid and my stepbrother William "Little Bill" Vanderheid.

After mom suggested Avalon, I knew her middle name would be Rose not only for my city, Portland, called the "City of Roses", but also for a very dear friend, Cecil aka Tonya Rose. This would solidify our family as part of the "Rose" drag family forevermore.