So, about two years ago, Jeannie and I were chatting on the computer, and she 'hinted' to me that she wanted a stitchery from me. They already had one from Heidi, and one from my mom, and thought it only fair that they had one from me as well. I actually had been planning on doing one for them for a while. When they got married, I was only 16, and to be honest, to this day I am ashamed of the pathetic little gift I gave them. So, when they had decided to get sealed in the temple I knew this was my chance to make up for it. We browsed through photographs of the temple online together, and she gave me a few of her favorites. I picked one without her knowing, and had it sent into a company that turned your photograph into a counted cross-stitch pattern. I had no idea what I had gotten myself into until I actually started on the stitchery. There were 48 colors, and at least 12 of them were green! Yikes!
Not that I actually counted, but there are approximately 61,600 little tiny X's on the entire 16x20 inch final product. I received the pattern in the mail and started it on April 1st, naively believing that I would have it done by June 21st. Yeah Right! I worked on it day and night until the sealing, and revealed it to Casey and Jeannie, even though it wasn't finished. I then set a new goal for Christmas, but it soon came and went as well. My goal then was to have it complete by the first anniversary of their sealing, and I was SO CLOSE! My entire pregnancy I spent working on it, but when Luke was born on May 9th, my huge leaps of progress turned into baby steps. Thankfully, I had a trip planned to UT for the beginning of September,and KNEW that this was my chance. If I had it finished when I went down, then I could have it framed right there, and that way Jeannie could pick the frame, and I wouldn't have to worry about how to get it to her. I wouldn't call me a procrastinator, but I was working on that thing sitting on her couch. I'm kind of glad that it wasn't complete, because Jordan got to watch me do the last few stitches, and it was a special moment for she and I. Anyway, to add to my long story, I finished it on Saturday, September 6th. One year and five months after I started!
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And such a beautiful job you did! We are so proud to have it in our home.
Absolutely beautiful!
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