CROSS STITCHING
BY
NANCY

ALL THOUGH CROSS STITCHING IS ONE OF THE MOST TIME CONSUMING OF ALL THE CRAFTS THAT I DO IT IS BY FAR ONE OF THE MOST REWARDING. THESE ARE MADE FOR SPECIAL GIFTS FOR SPECIAL   
        PEOPLE.              

    THE CROSS STITCHING AT THE LEFT WAS MADE FOR MY FATHER IN MEMORY OF HIS LATE WIFE,MY MOTHER..  MOST OF THE WORK ON THIS PIECE WAS DONE WHILE I SAT WITH MY FATHER IN THE HOSPITAL  DURING AND AFTER SURGERY  AND WHILE I STAYED WITH HIM  IN FLORIDA BEFORE  HE WAS ABLE TO RETURN TO NEW YORK..  WHILE I HAVE DONE OTHERS, THIS STITCHING HOLDS LOTS OF MEMORIES OF TIME SPENT WITH
MY FATHER AND THOUGHTS
OF MY MOTHER.   

THE ONE ON THE LEFT I MADE FOR MY WEDDING.  ALTHOUGH IT DIDN'T GET COMPLETED IN TIME FOR THE WEDDING, IT IS STITCHED NOW . THIS IS BY FAR  SONNYS' FAVORITE STITCHING AND WAS MADE WITH LOVE AS ARE ALL CROSS STITCHINGS.  THERE IS AN EXTREME AMOUNT OF TIME INVOLVED. THE ABOVE EXAMPLES OF MY WORK ARE BOTH DONE ON AIDA 14 COUNT CLOTH .THESE ARE COUNTED CROSS STITCH , WHICH MEANS YOU START WITH A BLANK PIECE OF CLOTH WITH NO MARKINGS, FIND THE CENTER AND EACH AND EVERY STITCH IS COUNTED FROM THAT POINT .

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