A Friday Finish

 Hello dear friends.

Well today I am proud to say I have

my first finish.

I started this sampler in October of last year.

Finished in late February this year.

This will be my first in a series of samplers

where I want to add my ancestors names to.

This one is homage to my maternal

 grandparents and their parents (my great grandparents)

I chose this black frame.

Although it does not really show here,

it does have some red in it.

It compliments the red in the sampler.

We do not have any local framers in our small town,

so I travelled a half hour to or nearest

Hobby Lobby to have this framed.

I was a bit hesitant on taking it to them.

After all it took me 4 months to complete this.

However the lady who waited on me was very patient.

She even told me I did not have to pay for it

until I absolutely loved it.

Well I loved it at first sight. 

I did choose also to have museum glass. 

It was a bit more, but well worth it.

When I got it home,

I added my index card to the back

with all of pertinent information;

ie: pattern name, linen color, floss used,

date I started and finished, plus

all of the information 0n 

my grandparents and great-grandparents

on the back side.

Using the same letters  and numbers

in the sampler pattern,

I took graph paper and added my names

and dates for placement on this piece.

Stitched these using a green and red floss 

for my grandmother and her parents, 

while using gold/ brown

for my grandfather and his parents. 

We could not find a birthdate 

for my one great grandfather,

so the one on the bottom just has the date

he passed way.

He died very young of pneumonia,

and my mom never knew him.

Back in September when I first told my mom

 I wanted to do this,

she was tickled to help me in the research.

We travelled to all of the cemeteries all over the area

 so I could get the pertinent info I needed.

She will be here for Easter and I cannot wait

to show her...and I know she will be pleased.

Eventually this will be hung on one of my blank walls

in our keeping room.

I am going to call this my Heritage wall.

For now it will reside on my cabinet

until I get more samplers completed.

I already have my next one 

planned and started.

This next one will probably take me longer

than 4 months. 

It already is giving me problems....grrr,

but I am bound and determined to get this done.

In other news,

my daughter will be checking into a hotel

so that her house can be cleaned.

She did put in a claim for the fire.

We offered for her to come stay with us,

but she chose the hotel as it is closer to

her work and Mikayla's.

We had a few thunderstorms roll in yesterday,

but mostly it rained all day.

Cold and damp though.

It's Friday.

YAY

Hope everyone has a great weekend.

More cleaning for me...

what will you be doing?

Friday Blessings To All!

Janice