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The American Tapestry is telling stories from the Revolution to commemorate the 250th anniversary on July 4, 2026. There are thirteen stories. Read all about them at https://www.americastapestry.com/about

Thanks to Amy and Becky who are leading the Delaware efforts. I joined them at The Chester County History Center in West Chester, PA today.

I worked on Delaware’s panel
https://www.americastapestry.com/tapestries/delaware

Yes, the panels are all that big! The ground is 32-count Belfast Linen backed with muslin.

Gretchen from Oklahoma stopped by after enjoying the samplers on display in the museum. She was in town visiting her sister and just happened to stop in the museum and was so excited to be able to contribute to the work. She and I worked on 4 x 4 cross stitches for the sky (they are small and tougher to count on linen). Gretch is in ANG too. Then, Marnie joined us. I enjoyed it.

To find where and when you can stitch on the Delaware panel in PA and/or Delaware, follow along at https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1JAADnKEG4/ I’ll join them again at some point.

I’m case you’re wondering, I heard about this through my EGA Brandywine chapter. The members of Brandywine are contributing as well. Karen S is stitching the sails for the British warship at home using silk threads with eventual plans for the sails to be applied to the panel. Tom is working on the main body of the ship using crewel yarn and Patrick is designing a British flag for the ship.

Pennsylvania has a panel too (https://share.google/qduFTN3S4sThOvcJj).

The PA panel is available to work on every Thursday from 5pm – 9pm and every Sunday 12pm – 5pm at The Glenshaw Public Library (1504 Butler Plank Road in Glenshaw, PA).

I hope these all get displayed nearby eventually. That will be impressive.

I’m working on the New Hampshire panel. The background fabric is 40 count.

Comment by Violet August 27, 2025 @ 4:27 pm

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Thanks Violet. I changed it and have reached out to the DE team.

Comment by melitastitches4fun August 28, 2025 @ 9:29 am

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I changed it back to 32 count. They checked with the director and he said that all thirteen panels came off the same bolt, and it’s all 32 count Belfast linen.

Comment by melitastitches4fun August 29, 2025 @ 7:17 pm

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thank you

Comment by Violet August 30, 2025 @ 10:57 am