A Stitch in Time: Family Love

Michelle Kolbe is an award-winning poet for the Daughters of the American Revolution national poetry contest. This book is based on her poem, A Stitch In Time. During high school she became the family historian when an assignment to learn more about her grandparents led to a lifelong pursuit to research her family’s ancestry. She’s often heard answering the question, “What was that old family story again?” As a genealogist, she’s taught classes, written articles, edited books, been interviewed, and traveled internationally. Michelle’s love of embroidery came from spending many loving hours with her grandmother as that skill passed from one generation to the next. Her countless projects always highlight family in one way or another. Several decades into her genealogy research she saw the family needlework heirloom from England. The varied materials, threads, and beads joined together to narrate the family story.