Finished at last and just 10 days before our 40th anniversary.
Here is the entire piece.. many of these hankies belonged to my late mother-in-law.. The base is a vintage table linen with crocheted edge. The entire piece is about 34" square.
We had our first date on Halloween and flew to Hawaii 3 weeks later on Thanksgiving and got married. It was definitely love at first sight. We met at a bridge game and 40 years later he tells me almost daily that I'm still his favorite partner. Here are close ups of different sections..
Here you can see the button trail upper right.
I'm really happy with the way the border turned out.
This brooch is one I have save for years and years and this was the perfect spot for it...
And as a recap my inspiration for this project was this counted cross stitch sampler I did when we got married in 1976.
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16 comments:
Ohhh, I just love this! It is beautiful! I enjoy all of your work and your posts. Thank you so much for sharing! Dawn
Beautiful Gerry nice to see it finished,what a true statement to love and be loved what more do you need.
Just beautiful Gerry! Thanks for sharing:)
Beautiful block Gerry! You do such beautiful work.
What a lovely tribute to 40 years of Marriage!
this is the msot beautiful piece of embroidery a lovely piece to celebrate your anniversary so much to see and admire here think the love birds are my favourite part. Congratulations and such a lovely love story that goes with the piece, amazng that the sampler you worked 40 years ago is still available to buy or at least was when I retired 10 years ago
This is beautiful Gerry! It makes my eyes fill with tears.
Love & hugs ~ FlowerLady
Beautiful. Happy Anniversary. 40 years with the right person can be easy, even though you go through those tough spots. 45 for me. Met in February on a blind date, engaged two weeks later then married in August. No words describe how I love him, or he me.
xx, Carol
absolutely beautiful!
It's gorgeous, and so is your story! I met my husband on a blind date & were married 3 months later. We're almost to 25 years, I hope we make it to 40!
Congratulations to you and your sweetie. You definitely have a storybook romance story and it's wonderful to see your creation to commemorate your special anniversary. There are so many pretty details but I would have to say my favourite part is those wonderful little (love) birds.
Gorgeous finish, Gerry! Happy Anniversary to you and Ron. xo
A beautiful way to celebrate a beautiful love story. Congratulations to both of you.
So wonderful to see this complete Gerry! And such a privilege to have been able to watch you work on it in September! Just gorgeous! Wishing you and Ron a Happy Anniversary and many more to come!
Congratulations on your beautiful piece. The arrangement is just gorgeous and I too love the birds. Bluebirds of happiness.
Hugs
FredaB
This is so pretty and Happy Anniversary. Gives me ideas what to do with hankies. You are one of several that I always learn so much. I still use your RR block you did for me as a learning piece hugs and keep warm xooxxox
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