Nelly's Button Flower Pocket is named after Eleanor Parke Custis, known as Nelly, who was born March 31, 1779 and was the granddaughter of Martha Washington and step-granddaughter of George Washington. On February 22, 1799, Nelly wed George Washington's nephew, Lawrence Lewis, and the two were given as a wedding gift, 2,000 acres of land adjacent to Mount Vernon, on which the Lewis' built Woodlawn Plantation.
STITCH COUNT: 67 X 69
FINISHED SIZE: 4.3" square
FABRIC: 32ct Cream Belfast and then coffee dyed by me for the aged look
DMC: 3052, 3011, 832, 834, 223, 356, 169, 930, 3768, & 3810
SPECIAL STITCHES: Smyrna Cross Stitch and Algerian Eye Stitch (diagrams in chart)
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