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hey tara, I also live in south GA . In a town called Fitzgerald . Where do you live? You are lucky to have a husband that is interested in your hand work mine just says I don't care Just don't tell me how much money you spend. :) take care carol

Is this mostly 18th century? I recall a Piecework article years ago on this sort of thing, although I think was mostly quilted/applique work, e.g. a little graveyard quilt with coffins for all of the family members if I remember correctly.

We forget what it was like to have a high mortality rate.

Welcome, btw Dora

Welcome Tara - you're a very busy girl with a lot of interests - that's great ... I cannot keep my hands idle either - I adore cross-stitch but also love quilting and huck weaving (new love) plus a million more things ... I cannot imagine how people get bored. Tomorrow the husband is going away for the day so I'm going to sit down with some music and just stitch the whole day .... welllll, maybe I'll make him a lasagne as a surprise when he does get home - I'll get that over with first thing in the morning. :-))

Sharon (N.B.) ............................................................................ ..........

Welcome to our world. It's nice to hear from someone new.

Lucille

I've heard of Fitzgerald - though I don't remember if I've been there!

I am in Camden Co. - extreme southeast corner. Tucked between Jacksonville, FL and Savannah, GA on the coast. Nice area.

Do you have a good stitching store in your area? I travel across south GA to go to my mom's house in Bainbridge. Always looking for a place to go on the way to break up the 4-hour drive!

Tara

gastitcher wrote:

Dora,

Not only do we forget about the high mortality - but people had a different mind set towards death. We fear it so much today - but at one time people thought of death as a "relief" from a terribly hard life. So people were remembered but death wasn't something to hide in the closet.

Tara

Hi Sharon,

Thanks for the welcome! I don't get bored - just tired!

Saturday my husband is taking me "to the city" to hit a used book store (lots of cross stitch books and patterns as well as history - yum!) And I don't have to make him dinner as he's also taking me out! As I stated, I've been stuck at home most of this month so I'm *really* looking forward to the trip.

What is huck weaving? I tried quilting and must say I really stunk at it. I leave quilting to my sister (who does all things beautifully, curse her). :-)

Tara

Thank you! You might hear from me more than you want - my family calls me "motor mouth"! (Motor fingers?)

Tara

Welcome Tara. Yes we are a friendly group, most of the time. If and when we get fractious again, I hope you will just ignore such messages. There are a few of us males who frequent rctn, and I notice your DH shows some interest, but has not done any actual stitching. Could I direct his eyes to my web pages at

-- Jim Cripwell. From Canada. Land of the Key Bird. This creature of doom flies over the frozen tundra in winter, shrieking its dreaded call; "Key, Key, Key, Key rist but it's cold!!"

welcome aboard - I know your area - pretty - we cut thru Folkston, St. George, Tarboro etc to bypass Jacksonville and the rest of the 95 nightmare when heading to the Northeast from SW Florida.

I understand about no wall space - I'm getting there too - now I work on small pictures and pillows (needlepoint and petit point) plus gifts.

Ppl here can tell you where to mail order for supplies, if you are that far from an lns.

val

Welcom from me in Central Florida, also. It sounds to me that you must be up at King's Bay or the St Mary's area, somewhere I know very well!!Welcome aboard!!

Gillian

Welcome Tara! I have a almost 13 year old son too - aren't they fun.

My husband is really into genealogy, so we have spent time in cemeteries, but mostly in Germany and not since DS arrived. I've seen a few of the memorial samplers in some homes in Germany and England, but not locally.

I'm looking forward for more posts from you!

Cheryl

Hi Tara! I'm Nadia - down here in Houston. I've been stitching for about 10 years.....not as experienced as many of the very talented people you'll meet on this ng.

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My husband is so funny. He's never taken much interest in my cross stitching - until I made one and had it framed last year. When he saw it all pretty and stretched behind the glass - he was proud of me and you should have seen him swell when I presented it to his aunt!! (She had made me a beautiful quilt for my housewarming and I wanted to do something special in return.) Now he's always asking who the next project is for and when I'm going to make something for our house!

I'd love to know which pattern you used for this map! I've been thinking of something similar for the study in my house - we just moved in last year.

Nadia

Hi Jim,

I noticed your posts before - male stitchers are somewhat rare so it's good you're a part of this group!

This husband (James) isn't at all interested in doing any stitching himself. Basically, if it doesn't involve networking or game play on the computer he doesn't want to put the effort into it (yes, I use all the power tools in this house)!

However, my first husband was a submariner and would bring a stitching project with him to help pass the time. Now that he is retired he doesn't stitch at all (similar syndrome to the 2nd husband - if it doesn't grow grass or have a keyboard he's not interested anymore).

I don't mind - I like being able to contribute something to the family that isn't taken for granted. :-)

I'm going to check out your web site and forward it to my husband.

Tara

Huck Weaving is a Swedish needleart - it can be done on a variety of fabrics like monk's cloth, aida, evenweaves, etc. It's a surface embroidery which looks lovely on afghans, tablecloths, placemats, clothing. It is so relaxing to do and isn't hard at all - also a great carry along. If you'd like to look at some examples, go to

Hi Gillian (love that name)

Yep - first husband was a sailor and that's how I ended up here. 2nd husband is a local - I didn't want to go through being a navy wife again!

Tara

Hi Cheryl,

Oh yeah, a teenager in the house. Puberty is such a great time (not)!

The memorial samplers are a lost art over here; however, I'm doing my best to bring attention to them.

There is a relatively new pattern (can't recall the name or company off-hand) that is for memorializing the passing of a baby. It was rather sweet but not like the old samplers (in style) at all.

Tara

Cheryl Isaak wrote:

The weaving done on even weaves or monks cloth is worked differently, since there are no floaters, and the stitches cross on the back side. It's a modern-day version of huck (Swedish) weaving.

Yes, it can be quite beautiful. It's a simple darning process to master. You'll be a pro with your first piece. :-)

Dianne

Welcome, Tara!

Don't know if you've seen this one: I call it the "morbid sampler." It's not a mourning sampler, but has a Gothic/Gorey-esque feel to it and I LOVE IT! It's called "The Houses of Hawk Run Hollow":