Designer's note: Can you believe that the Fragments in Time series is 10 years old!?! To celebrate this milestone here at the Summer House, I have created a series that celebrates my forebearers. It is a series of ancestral houses! 

Number Five is an elegant Victorian brick house on the banks of the Susquehanna River. My great, great aunt & uncle resided here. My uncle was a composer and they met while they were both attending the Boston Conservatory of Music. My aunt was from a wealthy family, so dinners at their home were very formal. While doing research for this series, I also learned that this home was home to the most notorious bootlegger in the area during prohibition!

Number Six features my husband's great grandparents home. It is the only one in the series that lies outside of Central PA and is in New Jersey. We have a portrait of his great grandmother hanging in our living room. She was a quilter and we are fortunate enough to have one of her quilts. It is full of appliquéd butterflies, hence the "quilt" stitches on the design and the butterflies. 

Stitch Count: 51 x 51 each 

Fabric: Models stitched on 40 ct. Colonial Parchment from Fabrics by Stephanie. I stitched them, so I used my favorite. They will stitch just fine on 32 ct. A fat quarter is needed for doing all eight Fragments individually or with the border. 

Thread (2 skeins of each color needed except Pewter if stitching full series): Classic Colorworks- Fresh Brew, London Fog, Deep Blue Sea; Weeks Dye Works - Bright Leaf, Red Rocks, Grasshopper, Moss, Linen, Collards, Curry, Pewter (DMC conversions provided)

As always there is a complimentary border pattern (stitch count 245 x 125) available from the designer's website!! All eight Fragments will fit into the border pattern, to give these versatile charts another finishing option.

Parts 7 & 8 will release in September.