This cross stitch quilt is spectacular. It only took four decades to complete.

I finished the cross stitching in my 20s and 30s, all the while there was home, children, work and weaving and spinning. In my 40s and 50s I started the hand quilting and started to knit, as well. I put it away while getting my masters degree and started and finished my career.

In my late 60s, I picked up some quilting hoops and worked on it some more.

In my 70s I said, “f***k it” and took it to a local long arm quilting shop and… voila!

A couple of months ago I bought the fabric for the binding, I made the binding, machine stitched the binding to the front, then just two days ago, I finished it by handsewing the binding to the back. I washed it in the clawfoot bathtub, hung it to dry and here it is in all it’s glory.

The only problem is, what shall I do with it? I can’t leave it on the bed because the dog sleeps with me and she’s got dagger claws. It wouldn’t take long for it to be ruined.

Shall I just fold it up and display it on the end of the bed or should I figure out which wall I could hang it on?

Besides that dilemma, I am really over the moon and all the stars that it’s finished.