I was fascinated that my daughter could do such beautiful cross stitch projects and decided I wanted to try my hand at it. She had presented me with several nice finished and framed pieces of her work and I still have and love every one of them.
One day in 1999, I was flipping through one of her cross stitch magazines looking for something interesting to try to stitch, something small and easy, when I saw this barn. It looked like a familiar country scene that I had seen somewhere or maybe even been there.
This barn was neither small or easy, but I decided to take the challenge. I didn't have the exact colors but I decided to go ahead anyway since this was just a trial run to see if I could do it.
I studied the chart and with a few phone calls to ask 'what does this mean' or 'how do I do that', I finished my first project. This is the end result... a piece of cake!
This was only the beginning with many more projects to come. This addiction finally gave way to other craft hobbies, mainly computer crafts. During this time, I managed to finish many projects. As I present more of my finished projects you will see how this barn began my love of cross stitching.
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