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Wednesday, February 14, 2024

Happy Valentine's Day!

 Hi friends! Happy Valentine's Day! 💕 Here is my corner shelf full of love. February Corner Shelf💕💌

Here are a few other February decorations.
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Our cross stitch group finally had our Christmas party and gift exchange. You all were correct. Lisa does love the sewing box I made her and I am very glad.

These are the lovely gifts I received from my dear friend Colette. 

The little piece she stitched for me is by Prairie Schooler and is called Still Life. I love it on that PTP Shadow 40ct linen. Just gorgeous! 

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This is what I finished last night.           🐩💕Hearts for Ronny💕🐩by Fox and Rabbit. 

This is a modified, pared down version of the pattern, given to me by my dear friend RoseAnn. You may have guessed I changed the colors of the poodles to look like Henry and Flossie? Correct! 😊 I stitched this one over one on 28ct pink Meran Linen with the called for DMC and my own choice of fancy flosses for my poodles. 😁 The backing fabric and ribbon are from my stash.

I baked gingerbread Flossies last night. Ha! I had a dog head cookie cutter. I bent it and reshaped it. I think it worked out fairly well to resemble a poodle head now.

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I am back to stitching on God Bless America again.

A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another. By this all will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another.”  John 13:34-35

I hope you have a wonderful day my friends, filled with LOVE! I am grateful for YOU and thank you for stopping by here today.

Stitching and praying,
Vickie






I gave Flossie a haircut. I tried to get a picture afterwards. How funny. When I want a picture of Henry, he is not usually very cooperative. Now I could not get him out of the way! Well once I pulled out treats, I just had to be fast!🤪











Friday, February 2, 2024

❤️Our Home Sewing Box❤️

 Hi friends! It is warming up a bit here. The huge mounds of snow are slowly melting. HOORAY!

💘February Cubby Shelf Display💘 Almost all of these are stitched over one.

I totally forgot to share that I pinned and prepared my BBD Our Lasting Friendship sampler for framing at the beginning of January. 

I found a thrifted frame at Goodwill for $9. 

Emerson cut it to size for me and I secured the sampler in and finished the back off with brown paper. 

I am very happy with our efforts.

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Every year in our stitch group, we draw names in August. The name you draw is the person you will create a Christmas gift for. We always hold our Christmas party on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, because RoseAnn in our group still works, and she works for the government. Since she has off on that day, we schedule it for that day so we can all be together to exchange and celebrate. Well this year on Martin Luther King Jr Day our weather was extremely cold. So cold that we decided to cancel our party. The high that day was 3 degrees. With the wind chill it was minus 23! So our party is happening on our usual get together Thursday, February 8th.

Let me start by saying, I am confident that she does not look at my blog. This is a very special gift I created for Lisa in our stitch group. 

This is❤️Our Home Sewing Box❤️by Blackbird Designs. 
I stitched this one over two on 35ct tea dyed linen with the called for flosses.
This is the first time I painted and waxed a paper mache box. Madeleine tinted the paint to match Crescent Colours Calico Kitty for me. 😊

I pulled a few motifs from the sampler and created a small pin pillow. I backed it with Moda fabric from my stash that matched perfectly. I then created two pins for it.

I have been waiting months to give this to Lisa! I can't wait to see her face when she opens her gift.

I am working on God Bless America, but also a few other small pieces in between. I will be sharing those soon!

Are you stitching Valentines? This is my biggest display season. I have THE most pink! Imagine that! 😂 I told myself, No. You are not going to stitch for Valentine's Day this year. Um. Yes. I am stitching one. Just one. Ha.

But as it is written: “Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, Nor have entered into the heart of man The things which God has prepared for those who love Him.” 1Corinthians 2:9

I hope you have a wonderful weekend my friends! Thanks for stopping by today. 💕

Stitching and praying,
Vickie





Friday, January 26, 2024

🖤January Celebration🖤

 Hi friends! Here is the ❄️January Cubby Shelf Display❄️ Better late than never!

Almost all of these are stitched over one.

Isn't this precious? 

Madeleine went to an antique store and found this antique, handmade miniature chair with the little cat that feels like it is lead. 

Well I fell in love with this chair.😍 So of course I asked Emerson, our carpenter son, if he could please make me one also? What a son❣️ And yes, I asked for a lighter stain. 

I went through my fabric stash, and decided on this antique poodle fabric. Of course MY chair has a vintage poodle on it. 😁

🖤January Celebration🖤by Blackbird Designs
I have been wanting to stitching this pattern for many years. This design can be found in A Fine Collection by BBD. Thank you Gracie!
I finally decided, THIS IS THE YEAR! I mean really! It is not a big pattern! I am SO very glad I got it done. I LOVE it! I did not have the called for 28ct black Jobelan, but used 25ct black evenweave from my stash. So my heart is a little bit bigger. I used two of the called for colors and changed two, because I used everything I had on hand. The only thing I had to buy for this was the black glass head pins.
I finished mine a bit differently than the directions call for. I lined my heart with black interfacing and stuffed it with wood shavings. I really like using them for a nice firm stuffing. And they are free for me! Ha! Emerson is a carpenter. 😉😊Anyhow, this is my first finish for the year. This will not be my last finish from this BBD book!
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I am stitching on my God Bless America Sampler now.












📚🎧I have loved every, single book by Heather Morris. Let me start by saying that. This novel is based on the true story of two sisters and Australian Army nurses who survived a deadly attack by the Japanese on their merchant ships during WWII. They swim to the shore of Sumatra, and are taken by the Japanese and put in POW camps where they remain for the next 3 years and 7 months. Not all of them survive. It is a true story and heartbreaking, yet inspirational. I actually cried, which I usually do not. I listened to the audio version. I highly recommend it, as one nurse has extreme musical talent, and the vocal orchestra she created can be heard.
This is the day the Lord hath made; let us rejoice and be glad in it.  Psalm 118:24

I hope you have a wonderful weekend my friends! Thank you for stopping by today. 

Stitching and praying,
Vickie




Sunday, January 7, 2024

Silent Night, Holy Night

 Hi friends! I have not posted for so long, it will be much easier for me to just start with my recent finishes and go from there. Sorry. I am just losing my blogging enthusiasm. 

🌟Silent Night, Holy Night🌟by Barbie Laux of Twisted Willow Designs. 

Not such a great picture. It was snowing and overcast here. This pattern is found in the December 2023 issue of JCS. I stitched this on WDW 35ct Gunmetal linen from my stash. It called for black linen, but this works too. I needed a small count, and did not have a small count black linen in my stash. I used most of the called for DMC. The JOY sign is from Hobby Lobby on sale for $5. This is a Christmas present I  gave to Brian today, on our Orthodox Christmas.

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Our Lasting Friendship by Blackbird Designs. 

I finished it! Eight of us in our local cross stitch group did a round robin with this pattern this year. I used the called for colors, EXCEPT I replaced CC Straw Hat with GA Raspberry Frost like Lisa and Margo did. This is 40 count tea-dyed (by me) linen. I also changed the little doggies into 🐩 of course! I have a thrifted frame I have given to our son Emerson, the carpenter. He is going to cut it to size for me, and then I will pin it and frame it.

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I have begun a new sampler for this year. It is by Artful Offerings and it is called God Bless America. This is a picture of the pattern: 


My soul follows close behind You  Psalm 63:8

Thanks for stopping by today and catching up with me. I hope to continue blogging. I do know it will not be as often as I used to. I just don't "feel" that anymore if I am to be honest.

I hope you have a wonderful week my friends!

Stitching and praying,
Vickie

Thursday, December 7, 2023

December Displays and Clara

 Hi friends! I am a bit behind here in showing you my December displays. Let me do that now.

💗✨Pink Winter Wonderland✨💗 

A slightly new pink display this year. I have tagged my friends who gifted me these lovely pieces over the years.

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❄️December Cubby Shelf Display❄️ Almost all of these are stitched over one.

🦌❄️December Corner Shelf❄️🦌

🎉🎈✨🎊🥳Henry's 14th Birthday❣️ 

Madeleine took this picture of us last week in our village square. Henry is still 6 pounds, but has lost a few more teeth since last year. He is doing well considering he has epilepsy and protein-losing enteropathy. He is my best little buddy.🐾💕🐾

🦌A Merry Christmas Redwork Sampler by Pineberry Lane. 

I saw this little Clara from the Nutcracker ornament from Target . I knew right away what I would do with her. Did you know she was a stitcher?! 😁

I stitched this with the tent stitch one over one on 45ct white linen with soie d' alger number 945. I put a tiny bit of Aleene's glue around the cut edges of the linen to prevent fraying. Clara was holding a little, flat nutcracker. I gently pried that out and have glued her needle and sampler in place. We are not putting up a tree this year because of Flossie, so I hung Clara from my white wreath. ✨

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I am now stitching the gift I am making for my Secret Santa partner in our local stitch group. Each Christmas we draw names and make gifts for each other to give at our Christmas party. No, I am not late in making the gift. Our Christmas party is held on Martin Luther King Junior Day in January so our friend RoseAnn can come. She works for the government and has off on federal holidays. I am going to stay focused on this piece until it is finished though. I must! My stitching time is greatly decreased because of Flossie.

For the word of the Lord is right, And all His work is done in truth. He loves righteousness and justice; The earth is full of the goodness of the Lord.  Psalm 33:4-5

I hope you have a wonderful day my friends! I appreciate your kind words and friendship. 

Stitching and praying,
Vickie