Victorian motto shoppe is having a floss giveaway

Victorian motto shoppe is having a floss giveaway

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Skirting a Cold

Here is my new fascination. I went to a sewing expo in Cincinnati last June and found a booth called A Stitch Above and I fell in love with this neat looking needlepoint. I had not seen anything like it before. Then I was surprised to find, the other day a kit I acquired a few years back. It was just like what I had seen at the booth. I had also seen a few blogs I follow post pictures of Canvas Work which must be the same thing as what this kit is called-Textured Needlework. Anyhow I'm excited to give it a try. I love specialty stitches and this is what textured needlework is comprised of. Progress photos soon to follow....

 I decided to try my hand at making myself a skirt. I picked out some fabric that I thought looked spring and cut out a straight skirt. The material is a very light cotton and was super easy to stitch on. At first it was a bit too long. I took it up six inches and it comes to mid calf which I think is a good length for me. I also had it a bit too big so I took it in at the side seam a few inches . I love it. I'm going yo wear it to church tomorrow.

 This is another skirt I made. Its  made out of a T-shirt:-)  I found a tutorial online on how to make a skirt out of a T shirt and I'm so glad I tried it. You know those shirts you have that are old enough to be really soft and end up being a favorite. Well what if you stain the sleeve? You can make it into a skirt. I'm sorry I Dont have the link for the tutorial. I will try to find it and add it to my next post. I love how it fits and feels.

I told mommy she needed to wrap it up cuz I wanna play and eat my dinner. I can't eat until mommy and daddy play monkey in the middle with me with my five tennis balls. I catch the balls then I count them on the floor. Then I take a few bites of my food. Then we repeat. Yeah I know, I'm spoiled. But I take good care of mommy so they spoil me when I'm not working with my vest on. Mommy has a cold and I alerted daddy when she used her nebulizer. I didnt know it wasnt hurting her. They gave me lots of kisses and told me I did a good job. I came and laid right in her lap cuz  I had to be sure she was ok. Bye bye now. My tummy is rumbling.

Wierd Growth in Lawn

 I found this very strange rooty like growth in the lawn. Is it a mushroom of some kind? We do have a big fairy ring in our yard but further away. The pod like things look rooty though. I would really like to know. Afraid it could be poisonous and I have a service dog. I'm concerned what's in the center because it looks open

 Angela from RAK group sent me these adorable charts in the mail the other day. Thanks so much Angela:-)

 Here is Old Glory as you can see there is lots more to stitch but I'm getting there.

 Here is a close up of the progress on the first flag

I think the true color is somewhere in between the two pics. Not a lot going on. My sister Becky is hanging in there. We are beginning to think the Prednisone that her husband was on was the cause of the suicide. I have been on that a lot in my life because its used to help cure pneumonia, asthma and upper respiratory infections along with decreasing the inflammation in transverse myelitis and MS. It even bothers me in that it makes me very weepy and upset. It only makes sense otherwise he wouldn't have fought so hard to overcome the double pneumonia. The funeral was very intense and it was very clear how much he was loved and would be missed. The wake was packed..so much that they had to open the room adjacent to it to allow for more seating. Keep praying for Becky and her kids  and rest of family too. Thanks so much.

 Here is the sampler from Cross Country Stitching. Its coming right along. I enjoy this e black backstitching. I've always loved shaker style things. I like those little pine shelves and furniture with the hearts in them. Well the designs in this magazine are like that...rustic country:-)

Below is "Let's Sew" by Ursula Michael. I am using a silk floss by Carrie's Collection called New Vision . Kayona gave me that thread with the HOE Christmas ornament exchange and lots more of pretty and soft silk:-) :-) :-) It glides through like butter. Kayo a makes the cutest cross stitch button legs ornamenrs

 Here is what Old Glory looks like.

 Here is the Old Glory pattern.

 This is one of my biological sister's( Barbi )after the funeral meal.


 We are getting our pictures taken by Barbi's husband, Frank and their son, Sonny

 Again

 And again....

 Here Is the five of us. And Barbi giving Jim bunny ears:-)

 Barbi (Mom) with son, Sonny.

Sad News

 Honey BBQ chicken

 Cheesy breaded chicken breast I made for the first time. Baked in the oven. It was super juice:-)

 

 Here is a ladybug I stitched from the DMC mentors kit. I plan to make a cute ornament out of it to demonstrate what it can be turned into. Here is what the mentors kit comes like. The front has a very nice identification pin. Inside are six kits to teach people how to stitch and a booklet with more patterns.

The sad news today is that yesterday morning my biological sisters husband killed himself in front of her. He had been ill and depressed and afraid he had cancer and he watched his sister suffer and die from it this year. He didn't want his wife to have to do that. He also had just gotten out of the hospital after having double pneumonia and previously last year open heart surgery. She is just heartbroken and very traumatized. Please pray for her. For those who Don't know I am adopted. She wasn't so lucky and was severely abused as a child. She's a survivor though. I Dont know her well but I do love her. Please pray for her to at some point see that God loves her despite what has happened. He never chose any of this for her life. The consequence of us having choice to make decisions  is that often times we make wrong ones. Some say suicide is an unforgivable sin. I say there is no sin too great for Christ to forgive, less the cross be pointless. The brain is an organ just like any other and sometimes it just fails. He was on a lot of medication too. Pray for healing for this family, its seen too much pain in this lifetime.

Happy St. Patrick's Day

 Here is my latest design finished. I still need to finish it off. It will be an ornament done flat or as a pin keep. I got it from the blog Happiness is cross stitching.

 This is a wip kit I have had for awhile and started a few years ago. I have made some progress on it. Sure is a beautiful wolf. I hope to finish her this month.

 Sorry for the side photo. Not sure what happened. This is from Jerimiah Junctions magazine Cross County Stitching. I plan to finish this on a eooden box top. I will have more info on ,y designs next time.....

 Jim and I went to half price books today . we each had a half off coupon. I was blessed to find some very nice patterns.

 This book has some great stuff in it. I have a lot of Helems books. Each gift has a small cross stitch motif on them.

 I just love this little guy.

 I really like LHN patterns. This will be a nice quick stitch.

 Isn't she cute ...I have another one of these during a different season.

 I can hardly wait to start sewing me some of these. The apron on the front reminds me of a denim jacket my ,mom dressed up with rose appliques. Wish I still had that coat. It was really cool. Anyhoo...there are some French country aprons I can't wait to make. They have pretty ruffles on them.

 This is my second favorite chart I found on sale. I love their designs .:-)

 And here is my favorite acquisition ......Rosewood Manor "Watch Over Me" Karen Kluba is the nicest person and such an amazing designer. All of her charts are based on quilts.

Jim thank you for spoiling me rotten. You treat me like a princess. I love you with all my heart. And thank you God for blessing me with a love of needlework  and an amazingly awesome husband.:-)

My half off coupon went to purchase a $42 paper/fabric cutter by Fiskars and it was half off that  because everything is at least half off original price there..hence the name....that brought it to $21 then half off with my coupon... We paid $10 and some change.

Victorian motto giveaway

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 I received this lovely SB from Mellisa Cahill last week. Sorry for not getting it posted right away. I have been quite ill with kidney stones which in turn flared up my Multiple Sclerosis. Its absolutely beautiful Melissa. I just love it and it really put a smile on my face when I've been feeling so poorly. The back fabric is very nice and my favorite is the delicate cream braid around the ornament and little green velvet bow. Thank you so much.

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My Sweet Valentine

 Jim surprised me yesterday with these goodies. He also bought me a DVD with 10 movies on it but I already had it so he is going to exchange it for one we Dont have. The chocolates are made by a Christian company and in the white vellum on the box it has 1Corinthians 13:4. Inside are melt away chocolates half are dark and half milk chocolate....yummy:-) 

 Here is the card I made him for Valentines Day. He said he really loved it. It really blessed him. It was a kit that came from Shari and I still owe her a mug rug. Thank you Shari. I really am sorry I haven't gotten it to you. I promise I will this week plus some extras:-) 

And here is Jim's sweet smile after I gave it to him. I stitched on it all day and night.:-


1 Corinthians 13

The Way of Love

13:1 If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. 2 And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. 3 If I give away all I have, and if I deliver up my body to be burned, but have not love, I gain nothing.

4 Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant 5 or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; 6 it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. 7 Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

8 Love never ends. As for prophecies, they will pass away; as for tongues, they will cease; as for knowledge, it will pass away. 9 For we know in part and we prophesy in part, 10 but when the perfect comes, the partial will pass away. 11 When I was a child, I spoke like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I gave up childish ways. 12 For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I have been fully known.

13 So now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love.