Thank you Jo at Serendipitous Stitching for hosting the Let The People Choose each month. The theme for July is Pets.
As a child my family only had dogs. My husbands family had lots of animals living on a farm. When we moved in together way back in 1985, we had 5 budgies.
When our boys were young we had many different pets ...
hamsters (Hammy & Digger). This is Digger, he was so sweet and didn't bite people.
guinea pigs (Eeyore, Popcorn & Jellybean). This is the habitat we built them.
red-eared slider turtle named Frodo who lived 12 years.
and this is the first fish tank (20 gallons).
Now our boys are adults, but we still have a fish tank (75 gallons). We have a pleco (algae eater) named Waldo who is 16 years old and 5 clown loaches, but they don't have names.
I have stitched a few cats for my sister-in-laws back in 1998 & 2003.
and yes, I'm still working on Frederick the Literate for my son and daughter-in-law.
I stitched this turtle in 2006.
But my favourite is the Rainbow Bridge by Sue Hillis stitched in 2011. This is a tribute to all of the pets we have loved over the years. I added extra animals to this project to make it personal (budgies, a hedgehog my sister had, a ferret that my sister's friend had and a nicer looking turtle).
