2017 was a year to celebrate: marking the last phase of my breast cancer treatment, a road to recovery and my 13th Block of the Month (BOM) program. I couldn’t think of anything more fitting than to be surrounded by all the things I love - hand dyed wools, bright bold colors, embroidery threads, vases brimming with flowers, and to mark the 13th year… black background...

The complete kit will allow anyone to join in this journey of creative embroidery where you will create interest in each block by piecing or layering these backgrounds with fabrics and stitchery. Your garden of vases will be filled with flowers, leaves and berries appliquéd in a multitude of mediums, then enhanced with embroidery in a vast array of fibers differing in type and weight. Select vases will include optional advanced stitchery to enhance each garden and challenge you creatively. It is my hope that this project will brighten your days as it has done for me and leave you with a truly stunning work of art."