Sunday, August 9, 2015

Stained Glass Window

 
Last weekend, my husband and I took a long car trip to visit my daughter. I often fall asleep in the car on these long car rides so I brought Frank along to keep me awake! As you can see, I have finished almost all of the cross stitching at the bottom of the "window" and have started to do some of the backstitching.  It is starting to look like a stained glass window rather than just a bunch of squares.
 

There is a lot of backstitching on this counted cross stitch picture.  I love the way it is starting to make the squares look like they belong together.

 

Here is a photo of the original Tree of Life Window from the Darwin Martin House in Buffalo, New York.  You can see that this will be a long term project...

(This picture was taken at the Detroit Institute of the Arts, where this window is on display.)

Today, we are hosting a graduation BBQ for our daughter who recently graduated from University. It is unlikely that I will be doing any slow Sunday stitching today but hopefully, there will be some time for stitching this week. I am linking up to Kathy's Slow Sunday Stitching link-up. It is always fun to see what everyone else is up to!

10 comments:

  1. I had to click on your link as soon as I recognized the stained glass window. You have made great progress. This is going to be so pretty.

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  2. I will enjoy seeing your progress on this cross stitch project. It will be so nice when completed; such a special piece.

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  3. Congratulations to your daughter. This project is really coming along and you are right, the back-stitching somehow starts to hold it all together.

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  4. I love seeing everyone else's projects also. Beautiful window! I lived in an Illinois town where there were several Frank house and I have visited some in Wisconsin! Love his work, should be a fun cross stitch project!

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  5. It's coming along beautifully! :) Enjoy your family time today :)

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  6. It's coming along beautifully! :) Enjoy your family time today :)

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  7. Oh, I LOVE Frank Lloyd Wright's windows! Your cross-stitch rendition is looking great so far. I'm looking forward to seeing your progress on this! Congratulations on your daughter's graduation.

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  8. Fun to see your progress on the Frank window!
    Congrats to your daughter!

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  9. Hi! My mother used to do cross stitching. She loved it. I have tried it once, but I kept loosing my thread. That is going to be beautiful when you get finished with it. And that stained glass window is beautiful too. Congrats to your daughter. Have a nice day!

    Lynne Hollaran @ SubUrban Glass

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  10. Looks like a beautiful project to be doing with your daughter. The pillow work is looking really amazing and I can not tell you how cool the glass is looking. Keep up all the hard work you have put in and thank you so much for sharing this. I will be starting a similar project with my husband very soon.

    Christie Goodwin @ Window Enhancements LLC

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