As for the Christmas spirit? I have always loved Christmas, a favorite of Joe's also. And I just can't find the enthusiasm to do it. This will be my first Christmas without Joe. I've gotten the tree up, I haven't even begun to put everything out, just not in the mood this year, Miranda wants more decorations up, so I'm hoping maybe Andrea will help and get some up for her. I'm just not into it yet, they say the first of everything the first year will be hard, this will be the hardest one, along with his anniversary date.
I did get page one done of my Personal Sampler, and half of page 2, just 10 more to go. I am trying for a page a month, but we will see how that goes. I have now turned this into a Memorial Sampler for Joe, his date of death has been added, also the birth date of Josephina, he was looking forward to his new Grand daughter.
The sampler with the new name and dates added.
This is a close up, of some of the detail .
I did get the last of Joe's patches sewn on the Quilt, that my girlfriend had put together for me, I did sew the binding by hand around the Quilt. Joe was a big Bears Fan!
The backside of the Quilt.
Detail of the Quilting, and the last patch added! His picture.
My nephew, who is in 8th grade, this year, plays football, asked if he could request Joe's number 77, when he played football this year! I was thrilled! So for Christmas I made him a wall hanging of the front side of Joe's Jersey, I used the back for the Quilt, I am thankful that Joe was a saver! I never would have thought he saved his Jersey when he played Semi-Pro Football back in the 70's. Picture is of Joe when he played Semi-Pro Football.
I did get page one done of my Personal Sampler, and half of page 2, just 10 more to go. I am trying for a page a month, but we will see how that goes. I have now turned this into a Memorial Sampler for Joe, his date of death has been added, also the birth date of Josephina, he was looking forward to his new Grand daughter.
The sampler with the new name and dates added.
This is a close up, of some of the detail .
I did get the last of Joe's patches sewn on the Quilt, that my girlfriend had put together for me, I did sew the binding by hand around the Quilt. Joe was a big Bears Fan!
The backside of the Quilt.
Detail of the Quilting, and the last patch added! His picture.
My nephew, who is in 8th grade, this year, plays football, asked if he could request Joe's number 77, when he played football this year! I was thrilled! So for Christmas I made him a wall hanging of the front side of Joe's Jersey, I used the back for the Quilt, I am thankful that Joe was a saver! I never would have thought he saved his Jersey when he played Semi-Pro Football back in the 70's. Picture is of Joe when he played Semi-Pro Football.
1 comment:
What a beautiful tree! Your sampler is coming along nicely. How awesome Joe's number is being reused :)
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