08 April, 2017

Bless This House


Welcome to our home. This is what you see when you enter in through the front door: stairs leading up to our converted attic space/now theater room, a chair holding a pillow proclaiming that "a spoiled rotten dachshund lives here" and a Singer treadle base with a glass top serving as an entrance hall table. Oh, yes, and on the wall directly in front of you is a wool applique wallhanging  beside a framed, embroidered sampler. The sampler was added today, I stitched it in 1975 and presented it to my then brand-new mother and father-in-law that year for Christmas.  They were building their home at that time and this sampler was proudly placed in their foyer a few months later when they moved in; there it hung, proudly, until a few weeks ago. With a heavy heart I took it down from the nail that supported it, dusted it off and carried it here. Yesterday their house went on the market for sale. I pray that special home will find a family soon, it needs one. This hand embroidered house blessing will hang in our home from now on. Every day when I walk past it I will remember, and my heart will smile. I pray that our own front door will "prove ever open to joy and love" as theirs did, for four-plus decades.
This cross stitch sampler was ordered, if memory serves, from an advertisement in the back of Good Housekeeping magazine. It was a kit, the linen was stamped and the floss was included. This blessing was inspired by a plaque that hung in the White House during the Eisenhower administration; the sentiment, however, is timeless.
Life is Good!

8 comments:

Teresa said...

It's a beautiful sampler with special memories

jude's page said...

Very special, I am sure it is now in a special house and they would be very happy.

Janet O. said...

What a sweet post. The sampler has come full circle and is now a gentle reminder of your in-laws.

Karen said...

What precious memories.

Quiltdivajulie said...

Lovely post and the perfect new home for that sampler.

Shelina (formerly known as Shasta) said...

You have a beautiful entry foyer and the sampler has found a beautiful new home. You're right, it is a timeless sentiment. May your home and your family be blessed.

Lindah said...

A beautifully done sampler, the text a beautiful and basic foundation for a happy home. Powerful to have it hanging in your home after 40+ years gracing your in-laws' home and someday, one of your children's home.... A wonderful heritage.

cityquilter grace said...

my mom did a similar sampler that hangs in her home now...not sure where it'll end up....bittersweet memories indeed.