| Some people have the ability to get very creative | | | | will contain some family history because the |
| in the projects that they make with needle and | | | | pieces reflect a certain person, and the name and |
| fabric. Some families might tie their family history | | | | date of the person that created the artwork can |
| in with creating Family Genealogy in Art that they | | | | be sewn into the bottom corner of the item. |
| will use as gifts at Christmas, or for the | | | | Other parts of a Family Genealogy in Art exhibit |
| decoration of their own homes. The family tree | | | | could contain an organized list of every family |
| has been eloquently drawn in charcoal, etched in | | | | member's name. These organized lists could be |
| glass, and included in quilts that people place at the | | | | turned into a quilt top or wall hanging with very |
| foot of their beds. | | | | little effort and the finished piece will serve as a |
| The Family Genealogy in Art exhibit that they | | | | genealogical family tree for many generations to |
| create could be large enough to cover one wall, | | | | come if it is cared for properly. |
| or it could be small enough to fit inside two or | | | | Some people prefer to use iron on transfers to |
| three shadow boxes that can be arranged in | | | | place pictures of family members on the artwork |
| several ways on a wall. The Genealogy in Art | | | | that they are creating. Instead of stitching the |
| exhibit will certainly catch the attention of visitors | | | | family history, they prefer to display portraits |
| because the artwork will most certainly contain | | | | that are arranged in an organized fashion that |
| the name of the person that they are visiting. | | | | create branches of the family tree. The pictorial |
| For the Family Genealogy in Art exhibit, a crafty | | | | review will be a visual reminder of what ancestors |
| person with a needle could sew items with special | | | | looked like, and could help identify when a |
| memories attached to them on fine pieces of | | | | particular trait in the family became very |
| linen and present them as a present. The artwork | | | | noticeable. |