At precisely 2 PM PDST, I finished up my oldest UFO. I had originally started this project three weeks before what would have been my father's 51st birthday. Pride goeth before a fall, and I foolishly thought that I could finish this up in time. On his birthday on Friday, August 29, 1997, I presented him with the following that was gaily wrapped up for him as he was a huge Civil War buff:
I apologized that I had not finished it in time and I was presenting him with half finished work. I promised him that I would have it finished as soon as I could. I was in September that we found out that he had pancreatic cancer. He went through the surgery in early October and had died on Thursday, October 23, 1997. In the almost 18 years since then I have rarely, if ever, touched this piece. It just plain hurt too much to stitch on it. Apparently, this has been the year for me to stitch through my grief issues, as I managed to get through the memorial sampler for our son a scant month ago. It's a lot to emotionally process, but I am smiling through the tears. :)
At any rate, here it is.
Designer: Jeanette Crews Designs
Fibers: DMC 347, 415, 762, 930, 931, and 3328
As of Wednesday, July 22, 2015:
As of Saturday, July 25, 2015:
Happiest of birthdays to you, daddy. There is not a day that goes by that I do not miss you. Remember that I love you.
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Respectfully submitted,
Your loving daughter, C.
