UFO: Cherokee Alphabet by Frankye Jones

I remember finding this pattern in a library book and falling in love with it.  As a member of the Cherokee Nation, I'm drawn to authentic-feeling Native patterns (no "Indian princesses" or the like), which are nearly impossible to find.  So I bought the book that contained the pattern and began stitching it, sometime around 2003, I think.  But then I had to move, and I packed the pattern and piece away in a box, and three moves later, I have only now rediscovered it.

 

My goal this year is to take the pattern back up again, and perhaps even finish it.  And maybe, someday, I will learn how to speak some Tsalagi.