About five years ago, I received a cross stitch sampler of the Lord’s Prayer that my mother-in-law made.  She had made it for my husband’s great-grandmother many years ago (1978, to be exact), and when his grandmother passed away we inherited it.  It is simple and beautiful.

It came in a small frame and for a few years now I have wanted to find a bigger, heavy frame.  (I forgot before pictures, again!  One of these days I’ll the hang of this.) I have a little obsession with frames.  I buy them whenever I find them and have quite a stockpill.  Some people have groceries, I have frames! :)  So yesterday, I decided to go through them and find one that fit the sampler perfectly.

It came with a not-so-attractive floral painting.

After a few coats of blue, from an “Opps” can of paint…

It’s PERFECT!  It is going to look great in the girls room.

I am about to start re-working their room and the cross stitch is going to be the inspiration.  Here’s a picture of the room a little over a year ago.

I am keeping the quilts and color palette.

I can’t imagine a better place to hang it.  I hope my girl’s will remember it as they get older.

Do you have something sitting in a closet or attic that you inherited but really want to display in your home?

Have a great weekend!

~Angela