This cross stitched beauty was brought to us as just an unfinished top. We were asked to finish it in time for Mother's day - which we did. As we always do, we asked about the story behind the quilt and was told that it had originally been made by our client's (Allison) grandmother for Allison's mother. Unfortunately, the grandmother died while her daughter was quite young and the quilt top lay unfinished for many years, until Allison decided to find a way of getting it completed and given to her Mom in time for Mother's Day 2009.
It is a beautifully executed cross stitched piece with all of the cotton thread sections complete. However, each 'snowflake' was to be accented on each leaf with gold thread and then quilted as closely to the original design as possible. As you can see, we did a great job on the quilting (if I do say so myself) but we are not cross stitchers! We found a wonderfully talented seamstress to help us get that part done and we finished it off.
Allison came to pick it up last Saturday and immediately burst into tears when she saw it. To her it was the completion of the circle and would be able to fill the empty spot in her mother's heart left by the early death of HER mother. To me, it was the personification of the song 'May the Circle Be Unbroken'.
A late 'Happy Mother's day' to you all, especially our Mom, Thelma.
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