Challenge with a Twist 1999

 
 
The Embroiderer's Guild of America's 1999 Challenge with a twist project was an interpretation of the theme "choices." I used a verse from the French philosopher Pascal, Le coeur a ses raisons que la raison ne connait pas, which means that the heart has its reasons that the mind does not know. This assisi work sampler shows choices I've made: attending Indiana University, studying French, getting married, and moving to Arizona. It is worked in cross-stitch, Smyrna cross, and back stitch, using DMC floss on 32-count linen.  
© 1999 Helene Ossipov