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I am on a roll right now lol. I went to my nan and granddad's last weekend and wasn't able to work on my linen projects since the lighting was really poor so I was happy I packed the birdhouse I have been working on for I want to say three years now. It is called "Home Tweet Home" by Donna Vermillion Giampa in For the Loce of Cross Stitch from March 2001!



My mom finished the matching one to it back in 2001...here it is:



There was a third one but we agreed it didn't go very well with the other two so decided not to stitch it. It didn't have all of the same colors and would have stuck out like a sore thumb.

Here they are together:



Going to get them done in square frames we think, possibly a light purple mat to pick up the purples in the wood of the houses. Both were stitched on 18 count Aida.

What a nice pair! Well done on a fine finish!

Lucky you had a project-in-hand!

Don't we all!!! I keep a folder of small cover kits in the car and in the RV too!
You just never know when a stitching opportunity crops up do you!

well done on a great finish

Congratulations looks fantastic!!

Congrats to you and your mother.. the both look wonderful!
Faith

That's a lovely pair of designs! Congratulations on the finish!

How lovely they both are. And what fun it must be to have your mom as a stitching partner. Have you done other matching pieces?

Carole

they are both so adorable!! Congrats on finishing the one you stitched and how neat that this has been a mom/daughter project!!

Beautiful pair of stitching!!!!!!!!

How cool to stitch with your Mom (talk about a SAL!) Those are 2 very cute masterpieces & they do look nice together (so, who gets to display them?)

Very pretty pair. Like the idea for framing, too.

thanks everyone! I absolutely love the colors in them! And I love how my mom and I made matching pieces even though she did hers in 2001 and I did mine a decade later!

backafteradozenyrs wrote: How cool to stitch with your Mom (talk about a SAL!) Those are 2 very cute masterpieces & they do look nice together (so, who gets to display them?)

And as for displaying....my mom gets them lol. My parents have a new house and still hardly anything on the walls...The only thing they have up right now is Paula Vaghn's wishing well cross stitching that my mom did in 1996.

Well done, you and mom! A very charming pair!

What lovely pieces! I'm planning on stitching 2 birds and trying to make it look like they're kind of in a window frame. It's okay if you want to steal that idea.

Lovely designs!

socialsue

They look lovely together!

They are truly lovely.
And to have a Mother and Daughter project. That is something to really treasure.

Congrats on your finish!

They are so gorgeous and of course must go together on the wall. Such lovely colours and great stitching by you both.

I love Donna's designs and those are particularly nice ones, I love birdhouses. Lovely finishes for both you and your mother.