
Overheard In An Orchard GP-246 pattern
Overheard In An Orchard GP-246 Adapted from a very old poem by author Elizabeth Cheney back in 1859. I was unable to locate any additional information about the author, but you can read below the lovely story of what inspired me to create the design. This is one of those designs that was actually inspired by a stitcher who contacted me out of the blue to ask me if I had ever heard of this poem. All she could tell me is that she remembered stitching a very old cross-stitch version of this poem many, many years ago. She explained that she had stitched it for her grandmother (back when she was a pre-teen over 50 years ago). When her grandmother passed, the piece passed on to her mother. The circle of life came again, and it has now come back to her (the original stitcher). She contacted me because she would like to stitch it again for other family members. She thought I might be helpful in pointing her in the right direction to find the chart. So, I did a little research to see if I coul