I spent the last couple of days starting it off, and tonight I finished the first block, Snow Garden, while DH watched Ender's Game. It is so delicate! I am using Lakeside Linens 40 ct Pearled Barley, which is much browner than the same linen was when I stitched Houses of Hawk Run Hollow. No problem, like this shift in color.
Since I am from a very small family that is also fractured and made even smaller, I will need to really think about each block and how to dedicate it. This first block has my sister's "pertinents and such" on it, as she has a winter birthday in January. She has the same initials as the model on the cover of the chart ;-) She is single with no children, so I added our parents' first initials within the design for her.
I am sure many of my friends, including stitching friends, will soon make their way onto other blocks in this sampler. Sometimes we have to make our own families.
Now, if I could just find my GAST Picnic Basket I would be all set to do the second block....
So snowy here in NH.... really hope you have better weather than we do. More on the way for us. Enough already.
