![]() ![]() This block also gave me a bit of a headache with the house color. Kramer’s first name is Roger so there is an “R” above the house. Kramer had five sisters and their initials are in pink on each side of the parents names. The house color that was called for didn’t show up on my fabric. I had some trouble with thread color on this one. Their initials are on the side of the house. They only had two children, Kramer’s Dad George and his sister Ann. You can see that I had to eliminate on of the birds to get the names in. This is from Kramer’s Grandpa and Grandma Kramer. After the names are put in I go around and put in a few little do-dads to fill it in and look better so there are no blank spots. I often take one stitch out of a flower stem, eliminate small motifs of move motifs a stitch or two in a different direction so that I have room for the names. Most stitchers only stitch a first name or initials in their sampler but I really wanted something that really was an obvious family history with full names when possible. To stitch these I do a lot of futzing by taking off elements to accommodate room for the names. My mom was Evalonne Revae and her initials are at the bottom left in red. They had three children that passed away. They had six living boys…their initials are first. My grandfather’s name was Ignatius…my grandmother’s name you can see at the bottom is Evylon Casper. I’ve been putting the family name in upper case letters along the top. This is how I stitched it to commemorate my grandparents on my mom’s side. I’ve stayed committed to this and plan to continue to stay committed. Here is where I am at now with the whole piece… I’m going to have to do some modifications to make it work. Our anniversary is in July and it’s the middle block of the piece so I feel it is totally appropriate to have that block be “our block”. Right now I am working on the July block. If you remember, this is the piece that I am stitching as a family history of sorts. I went on and completed April, May and June. I had the January, February, bonus block and March block finished. ![]() When I last showed you back in April I was here… There is a chart for each month of the year. One of the main pieces I am working on is Anniversaries of the Heart by Black Bird Designs. If I didn’t quilt and garden I’d likely get more cross stitch done but I don’t want to give up either of those hobbies so I’m learning to be content with what I do get done. Well, I don’t know if I’m slow…I just don’t have the time to stitch as much as I’d like. ![]()
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