Irises in the Garden

Irises are one of my favorite flowers. As I lean towards purples and blues in general, perhaps this is not a surprise. So, it was high time that I designed a cross stitch pattern featuring this flower. An extra bonus that I recently learned: irises are the state flower of Tennessee. How perfect then to be releasing this design at Nashville!

Model stitched on 32 count French Vanilla linen from Grace Notes Fabrics
using five ThreadworX ( 10151 Royal Blue; 10580 Dark Jade; 10582 Emerald; 011631 Brass Hardware; and 10361 Indian Brown) and two DMC (552 and 550)
stitch count: 147 x 212