Thanksgiving Project Redo

Back in 1989 when I used to cross stitch a lot, my mom wanted me to make her something to put in the dining room for Thanksgiving. We went to the craft store and she picked out a cross stitch kit she liked. 

This is the finished project. My dad made a frame for it, and it hung on the wall in their dining room until we moved my dad out of his house in 2015. 

I brought it home with me and hung it up every Thanksgiving for a few years. When we moved into this house I really didn't have anywhere to hang it. To save space I took it out of the frame and put it in a drawer until I could figure out what to do with it. 

While going through box of pictures and frames to donate the other day I came across this moose wall hanging. 

I think I got it a long time ago to hang in one of our spare bedrooms at our old house. When I saw this I had an idea. 

I grabbed the cross stitch out of the drawer. 

And the dowel out of the moose hanging. 

And then using fusing tape I folded over and sealed the edges of the cross stitch inserting the dowl hanger into the top hem. This is the result! 

I hung it on my pantry door in the kitchen where I normally just hang little plaques from the dollar store. I'm very pleased with it and am so glad I found a way to display the project I made for my parents back all those years ago!

And the moose hanging did not go to waste.

I got a plant stake and tied a string to it and hung it in the guest room. 

In other news, we finally got the other bathroom painted. I show a before and after next post. 

See you next time and thanks for stopping by!