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Well… I finally got the ABC Calligraphie Rouge pattern by Compagnie des ouvrages, from The French Needle… what a lovely kit! I started this somewhere in the middle to end of January. I’m stitching on it as I feel moved… and often times after work, that is rare, but it’s still got some going on, which always inspires me to keep going.
Another little start I did about mid October of 08 is a little four patch, called “Patch Red 4″, by Dessins DHC, albeit I’m doing mine in green, which after seeing them online now at the link, I think I wish I would have chosen red as well. I think I chose green because I am planning on stitching Moulin Rouge, and thought the variation would be pretty. Here is a pic of where I’m at on the little thing…
Let’s see… what else am I stitching on? Well… I’ve only gotten a little farter on my Windmills from Full Circle, but as you know, every little stitch counts. Here is where I was, and as you can see, I’ve added a couple more rows of stitches… I did notice a boo-boo, in that in my last row, I should have had a row of words between the very last row and the one above it, but I’ll just put my words after this last row, and then add another special row before the next green swirly things.
Another update is how I’m coming along on my Angels Song by Shepherd’s Bush (my ultimate favorite place to go and shop). It bears repeating that this is the sister pattern to the Emmanuel’s Song that I stitched for my brother and his wife, so isn’t that just fitting? Anyway, the last time I posted a snap of the progress on this, I had gotten to this point, as seen in this photo, and here is where I’m at now…
I’m not exactly speeding along, but slow and steady wins the race. So, this is where I’m at with things. Progressing at a snails pace, but progress is progress, and I shall enjoy stitching now that I have made my blog current. Hugs and stitches.
These are the stockings I stitched, and had my loving mom finish. I gave this set to my brother and his wife for my niece and nephew, Grace and Timothy… with the intention of giving Brad and Becky their stockings this coming Christmas so they will have a complete set. These were from the Shepherd’s Bush patterns… that are just lovely…
Then, here are the ones I have for Adair and Alec, with our set to be completed this Christmas as well for Mike and I. Again, I stitched them, and my mom did the sewing to make into stockings. I loved how they turned out and am excited to start the rest! 
Well, it’s been a while and I haven’t been stitching on this too regularly, but I had to unhoop it to be able to continue stitching, so it seemed like a good time to take a snap of where I’m at now on my Quaker Virtues. Slow and steady wins the race, right? 
Here is where I was the last time I posted a pic… so, from July 2008, until now, March 2009, you can see that I haven’t made huge progress, but at least I’ve gotten a few more motifs done. I have bee stitching on some other things, like my Angels Song, by Shepherd’s Bush, as well as the ABC Calligraphie… which I haven’t even take a picture of yet, but it’s beautiful. Will vow to take some photos soon.
With me now working, I find that I have less brain power to stitch… I come home from work so mentally exhausted, so I’m just not stitching as much as I used to. Maybe I will become acclimated to it soon and get back to a more regular stitching time.
I saw this on a fellow stitchers blog… what a beautiful description to keep in mind as I go through deep reflections while stitching… what a picture….
God’s Embroidery
When I was little, my mother used to sew a great deal. I would sit at her knee and look up from the floor and ask what she was doing. She informed me that she was embroidering. As from the underside I watched her work within the boundaries of the little hoop that she held in her hand, I complained to her that it sure looked messy from where I sat. She’d smile at me, look down and gently say, “Son, you go about your playing and when I am finished with my embroidering, I will put you on my knee and let you see it from my side.” I would wonder why she was using some dark threads along with the bright ones and why they seemed so jumbled from my view.
A few minutes would pass and then I would hear Mother’s voice say, “Son come sit on my knee.” This I did only to be surprised and thrilled to see a beautiful flower or sunset. I could not believe it, because from underneath it looked so messy. Then mother would say to me. “My son, from underneath it did look messy and jumbled, but you did not realize that there was a plan on the top. It was a design. I was only following it. Now look at it from my side and you will see what I was doing.”
Many times through the years, I have looked up to heaven and said, “Father what are You doing?” He has answered, “I am embroidering your life.” I say, “But it looks like such a mess to me. It seems so jumbled. The threads seem so dark. Why can’t they all be bright?” The Father seems to tell me, “My child, you go about your business of doing My business, and one day I will bring you to Heaven and put you on my knee and you will see the plan from My side.”
Author Unknown
I’m finding myself hugged tightly by God lately… so tightly that I can hear my back popping and its the bear hug itself that announces to you how much you really needed it, yet didn’t realize that you did until you were embraced into it. It’s absolutely amazing. So strong, so complete… it’s the kind that melts away the day (or last couple of years) as if it never occurred, or as if it has no importance in the large scheme of things anyway. What a power and presence to be swallowed up within.
I love my job… I appreciate what it is, and what I am able to do… and I’m really appreciating who I am placed with. Such unique and beautiful people, all of them. Unique God carriers all of them. Everyday is like a treasure hunt or scavenger hunt, and I am getting clues to things I didn’t know I was hungry to know.
Stitching hasn’t been happening too much, other than to make a stocking for my niece and new baby nephew… what a miracle and precious creature. Blessing. Joy. Tangible grace and love. Wish I could see and hold. Will need to get linen to make stockings for my brother and his wife as well…. Wise man… and Angel that they are.
Stitching on Quaker Virtues… have stitched Simplicity all… and had to do some frogging of a border of a top motif that was off by one square. To punish it I have kept it in the bag for a time out, and ignored it all together… I should forgive my poor stitchery and take responsibility for stitching with tired eyes… I shall forgive it tonight and stitch it again while watching Biden and Palin debate. I’m really curious to see how it plays out. Will it be one sided? Will Sarah have better answers than she has for other interviews? Will Biden be mellower? Interesting to say the least. Which presidential candidate do I support you wonder? It’s not as obvious as some would automatically assume.
Well… it’s been a long time since I’ve written… I’m sorry bloggy. I shall not keep so quiet. I’ve been adjusting though this last month…. to this new schedule, to this new adventure, to this partially new part of me that I am walking into. It’s been a bit jarring, and a bit freeing, and a bit scary, and a bit beautiful, all wrapped up into one tapestry. So many colors, so many interesting textures.
While watching the Olympic swimming events I finished my SB stocking (pattern: Elisabeth’s Stocking), sans my name stitched at the top, and sans the finish of the beads and buttons. Instead of totally finishing it, I started my husband’s stocking (pattern: Reed’s Stocking)… his is a shepherd I can’t wait to finish these and send them off with the ones I made for my kids for my mom to make into stocking shapes! )))
Well, here is my new start of the Wiehenburg Quaker Mystery 2008, stitching on 32 ct. Ivory Belfast linen, with one over two, using Gentle Arts Hyacinth. I have had to frog the upper right triangles and boxes twice, and the lower right triangles and boxes once. RRGH. I am now seeing the light at the end of the motif and will be happy to be done of it and move onto a different and happy little motif where I vow to count better so that I won’t have to frog any stitching. RRGH.
Let’s see… today was the beginning day of the Cache Valley Fair… I took the kids and was alarmed at the cost of things.
Fair Entrance: Free
Cost of tickets for three rides: $20
Two funnel cakes with powdered sugar: $8
Little package of candied almonds: $3
Seeing my kids think it was fun: Priceless
This ABC Calligraphie by Lawrence Roque is stunning… I must do this.
Look at the piece in progress by an inspiring stitcher named Cathy… it’s amazing. Just amazing.
Mom? How about another Stitch-Along in addition to our Quaker Mystery 2008? ; )
Have you heard the saying or seen the bumper sticker “Time spent fishing cannot be deducted from a man’s life”? I asked my husband the if the same thing could be said like this, “Time spent stitching cannot be deducted from a woman’s life” and if it would be equally as true. His response was a quizzical expression that shrugged the answer “Sure…” and therefore I am relieved. My time spent stitching is not only about making an heirloom but it’s about time in thought and in reflection and prayer. All of which are likely similar to time spent fishing, but without the tales of the one that got away.
I don’t know why I like stitching… if it’s because I can focus on everything while I focus on one thing, or if it is because I can go to an inner place and find peace and calm when sometimes things on the outside are not so much reflective of that. I’m not sure. I like the creating of it, and I like the distraction of it, all the while knowing that I can lay it aside when I want to do something else. I like having my hands move, in some tiny tiny ways it reduces my desire to grab food, haahaa.
I have about six works in progress right now, and a ton of patterns with linen and floss ready to go. I like being able to switch from one pattern to another on any given day. Somehow having the choice of what to stitch is freeing, especially because sometimes I get bored with the look of one, so it’s fun to work on another and get hungry to go back to the one I tired of. ; )
Well, it’s been a while since I’ve posted. Had surgery to remove my paraovarian or paratubal cyst. All went well, and I was very blessed to have my mom here lending her hands and time. I am all better and yesterday I did not need a nap, which is saying a lot, because a couple days prior I took four naps in one day. I was exhausted.
On stitching notes, I got the linen for the remaining two SB stockings I need to do. One for me (Elisabeth’s Stocking) and one for Mike (Reed’s Stocking). I’ve got my angel all the way stitched and the stars and trumpet, now I just need to do the top vine and lower scene and I’ll be done. I’m moving quickly on it… just started the day my mom came (a week ago Saturday) and I’m moving right along. Will complete this one, then move on to do Mike’s so that I don’t have confusion between charting symbols like I did when I stitched both of the kids stockings at the same time. After I’m done with these, I’ll send them off to mom to make, as she’s so crafty with her sewing machine.
I am readying myself to start the 2008 Quaker Mystery Sampler stitch-a-long, and just waiting on linen and thread. It will be fun to have a different Quaker to switch to when I’m tired of the Virtues.
On other fronts…. school for the kids will be starting in no time, at which point I will be going to school full time during their school for web design stuff. Let the geeking begin.
So, here is where I’m at with my Quaker Virtues… I’ve got “tegrity” and tonight I will hoop it and stitch the “in” into “integrity” I’m moving along. I see one error, but I’m not telling where it is. I couldn’t figure out where I counted wrong, so I left it. It won’t bother me too bad, unless someone spots it and tells me, haha.
My mom is flying in on her broom on Saturday in preparation for my laparoscopy on Tues. I feel so at peace over this and knowing that I won’t have to think about this much longer.
I listened to a really great message yesterday by Brad Nelson called “Redefining Hope” that was so good. This message is only about 35 minutes long, and you could skip the intro. It prompted so much thought in my heart and a deep discussion with God.
Well, here is my start of the windmills pattern. I just need to do one more puffy cloud type thing to the right of the windmill, then I can start on the first words row. This is moving along quickly, mostly because it’s a narrow pattern, at only 3.19″ wide, I feel like I’m moving right along given that I just started on the 4th of July. It’s a nice distraction from my Quaker Virtues, but I admit that I picked that up last night for a bit because I didn’t feel up to stitching the little flowers or grass yet… but today the desire to do those came easily, and I’m finished.
On medical fronts, I picked up a copy of my ultrasound report from the Radiologist regarding my abdominal cyst, I followed that by calling my nurse practitioner to get the results (I know, I know, I already said I just got them, but I wanted the treatment plan), and so I spoke to my FNP’s friendly, yet seemingly spacey, clinical assistant named Ashley. She said that my FNP had not yet looked at my results and she’d call me back a little later. I asked her to call on my cell phone, as I would ensure that I’d have it on me all day. But wouldn’t you know it? Guess what happened? Of all the times when something wonky goes on with my cell phone, or the Verizon-can you hear me now-network, it was when the friendly Ashley calls me back at 5:30pm (WHEN THEIR OFFICE NO LONGER ACCEPTS INCOMING CALLS BECAUSE THEY ARE CLOSED) and somehow only gets my voice mail, even though I HAD MY PHONE ON ME AND I DID NOT MISS A CALL. What in the world? And of course, I can’t call back (read: I tried but did not get through) because they are done for the day. RRRRRRRGH! Did sweet Ashley think to try my home phone? No, because apparently when I asked that she call my cell, that meant to only call my cell. My word. What an annoyance, to put it mildly.
The results that I got from the radiologist as he interpreted my ultrasound (and compared it with previous CT scan) show that my cyst does not appear to be ovarian in type, but may be a “peritoneal inclusion cyst”, or a “mesenteric cyst”. So, today, I spent some time getting my medical degree via google, where I found that if it is either of the two above, the chance for anything malignant is very rare, as well as that both of them are not all that common.
Regardless, I just wanted some peace of mind today from happy-sweet-as-sugar-Ashley, and therefore my FNP, advising me of what to do about this. What is my treatment plan? I’m tired of stressing over something that apparently is nothing, but yet I feel it every time I sit, or sit and cross and uncross my legs, and or sneeze, or have a full bladder. I tell you the truth, that you do not realize how much you sit, until you realize that when you sit, you are uncomfortable. I’ve had this for sure since March, and who knows how long before that… I always thought the pains I was having in my left abdomen was due to gas! Good grief.
Tomorrow I am to call happy Ashley back, when she WILL be in the office, even though she was in the office when I called back tonight, just that they no longer accepted incoming calls because they were closed.
SO ANNOYED.
Thinking of getting another doctor.
Well, first thing, here is where I’m at with my Quaker Virtues sampler… I finally filled up my 11×11 work space and have since moved on and finally gotten to stitch the tree that I’ve been wanting to get to. I’ll take a snap of that once I stitch a little more around it to make it feel like it has friends.
On other fronts and news, I went for a repeat abdominal ultrasound to find out what my little ovarian cyst friend is doing and if it’s gone away. Nope. Still there. No change. Not smaller, not bigger. The same. What seems strange is that at my last ultrasound (which as number 3 so far in following this) which prompted the CT scan, my cyst was no longer ON my ovary, and now it is lateral to it. And with todays 4th ultrasound, my cyst is sitting happily in my abdomen lateral to my ovary by about 2 cm. The cyst itself measures 3.8cm by 3.6 cm by 4.2cm… will likely hear from my dr. on Monday on what should be done about this non-disappearing cyst. I’m irritated that it’s still there. For the most part it doesn’t bother me, except for the occasional twinge or twang of pain, but what really annoys me is that I can feel the pressure of it when I sit on the couch and stitch. What a bother.
In other news, I got the silks I wanted to start this beautiful pattern that I’ve had for about 6 months but have been waiting for the gumption to start. Origionally I was going to stitch with just DMC, but have since decided that since I am doing this for myself, I should of course do silks. It called for Eterna Silk mini-twists, which luckily were only $0.95 each at the treadexpress.com that made my day! The pattern is called Whispering Windmills by Full Circle Designs. I’m loving the colors and can’t wait to start this… I will enjoy the distraction and space from my Quaker Virtues… the color blue in that is beginning to bore me, so these silks will give my eyes a change of pace
Well, I’m signing off for now… fireworks tonight and then the car show this weekend. And heat? Did I mention the forcasted heat? Well, if I did not, I will not, because that would only mean one thing, that I don’t want you all to know…. ok, ok, if I must, I will share. Heat means setting up the Bonsia Double Drop Falls for the kids, it means nearly limitless amounts of Otter Pops for the kids and myself as compensation, as well as after dinner, the promise of a bowl of ice cream sitting in the shade on the porch in the back yard and then watching Alec and Adair run with glee to go jump on the trampoline after they’ve finished their ice cream… it’s a piece of heaven… I wish you all could see. So yes… the heat afterall is a segway into a slice of heaven…. you just have to have eyes to see it and a heart open to enjoy it.
blessings.
I have good stitching days and not so good stitching days. Yesterday on our 2 hr. drive to the funeral I stitched, then I had to frog all that I just put in (about half a motif on QV) because I had started it in the wrong spot, because I stitched an extra bit on the other motif I was counting off of. DOH!
As I stitched, and unstitched yesterday, and a-gain today, I realized that sometimes God has to unstitch things I stitch into my life, because I counted wrong, or went mindlessly where I should have been paying more attention to the details. I also noticed that when my thread becomes tangled, and I have to spend the better part of 5 minutes figuring out how to untangle it so that my needle can move freely, I feel like I connect to God, because He regularly does this for me. I get going too fast or I get caught up in things or in emotions, and time and again, I get stuck. I find myself in a tangle. My needle is not moving freely in life, and I’m motionless waiting for help to arrive. It’s funny to notice that He slows me down, takes His sweet and precious time, and helps me unravel what it was that got me all jumbled up. Usually He doesn’t grow impatient and just cut the tread and start over, but moreso, He sees where the hangup or knot is and He unweaves one strand at a time while I watch.
It’s good to get unraveled and untangled so I can move freely again. I’m present today, seeing where my need for unraveling is, and I’m connecting to a God who knows a thing or two about stitching if you can believe it.
Here is some of the recent progress I’ve made on my Quaker Virtues sampler… I’m trying to stitch everything I can within the hooped space, even though I’d really like to scoot more to the left of the pattern…. for some reason I really want to stitch the little tree that is there. I’ll get to it soon enough, but for right now, since it’s so happily fitting in my Q-snap, and my SnapWrap (thanks Mom!), I’ll keep it as is and get as much stitched as I can with what linen is before me!
Also, I have come to a pause in both of my kids Christmas Stockings, all I need to do is stitch in Alec’s “We Three” and his name, as well as in Adair’s the word “Hark” and her name, then I can affix all the pretty little beads and charms on both. Adair would like to change the lettering that the pattern has for the word ”Hark” because it’s a little harder to make out. So, I need to chart a new
Hark, as well as a matching We Three for Alec’s and then I think I should finish these up and send them to my seamstress of a mother who will make quick work of finishing these up and putting into real stocking form. I’m afraid if that task was left to me, I’d have them unfinished for far too long, as I am not nearly as talented as she is with the sewing machine… my confidence in that is minimal. So, I’m delegating and she is willing to be a wonderful mother, and Grandma I might add, to finish these for me once I get all the stitching and beads done! Once again, thanks Mom… you’re the best! And I mean that! The vague stocking “shape” is there… but I’m sure my mom will coax it out a little more when she gets to sewing them!
And finally… I am posting this mornings picture of happy little Torpedo… who has fallen asleep on me a few times today and I have been disovering a joy that is more complete in knowing so much more than I thought I knew.
Well… here is my start of Quaker Virtues… I’m really enjoying this. It’s a little adventure to stitch, as I wonder where I will go off to next and what little motif my thread will carry me to! Quite fun!
Also, update on little Torpedo. He sure is growing! He’s so cute and has been pleasing me by going potty in the litter box! He also sometimes climbs out of his little box, which is cute too! His teeth are growing in little by little and I’m wondering when I get to transition him to soft mushy food. Hopefully that will tighten up his bm’s. TMI, I know.
Anyway.. summer is here, it’s nice not having to get ready for school everyday! :0
Well… we have a couple new projects. The first, we adopted a 2-3 wk old orphanned kitten, which my kindergartner Alec named Torpedo! He’s so sweet, and I’ve never had such a small little thing. Having him is just like having a baby… I feed him with a bottle, I clean up after his messes, and I bathe him with a washcloth. I pretty much pretend I’m his momma kitty, sans the fur. I hope he grows healthy and eventually lives up to his name.
Another project I started was my Quaker Virtues! I began it last night (even though the Stitch A-Long =SAL) that I am participating in isn’t starting till June 1st. I thought I’d get a head start, as I’m sure I’m the slower stitcher our of all. The linen is lovely… it’s 28 ct. Barn Owl Overdyed. It’s beautiful. I’m sticking with the charted colors an so far love them.
Anyway… raining here today and a perfect day to sit inside and stitch till my hearts content and pray over all the things that are on my heart.
Got the results back from my abdominal CT… only thing appearant is a normal looking functional ovarian cyst measuring 3.6cmx4.4cm. Nothing spooking hiding inside it. I’m supposed to have a repeat ultrasound in the first week of July to moniter my cyst. I feel like I should give this cyst a name. Maybe she’s a Sally?
Anyway… school is out very soon, only two more weeks! I couldn’t be more thrilled!
Stitching news: I’m done on Alec’s stocking except for stitching his name and adding the button details, AND, I’m nearly done with Adair’s stocking, just finishing up the bottom, then need to stitch her name and add the buttons. I think I’ll go get the linen to begin my stocking and Mikes… they go pretty speedy. Also, on other stitching fronts, I have joined a SAL (Stitchalong) for the Quaker Virtues pattern and I think it’s beginning either June or July 1st. I have been wanting to start it so badly, but I’ve been really trying to finish stitching the kids stockings!
That’s all for now. Busy day… and my husband has vertigo and nausea, which induced vomiting yesterday. His world is spinning… hopefully it will stop soon. My poor sweetie.
Well, I got the the thread that I was missing and have since made some progress on Adair’s Jillian’s Stocking (from Shepherd’s Bush)… it’s so pretty. I filled in the Angel’s dress and the stems on things, as well as the black for the shoes, sleeves, etc, and made the cute little lamb come alive.
On Alec’s I’m ready to fill in with the threads that I just got, and then that will shape up quickly and make this King look more dressed! These are moving right along! I’ve brought one or the other to soccer games and stitched while watching the kids play.
Found this at Monique’s stitching blog, don’t know exactly where she found it at, but I’m so glad to see it. I am in awe. This is SO amazing. Can you believe the size of this piece? How many yards? How many skeins of red? How many years to complete this? Just astounding. I would love to create something like this, just for the mind numbing ability to gaze upon it after it was done!
Well, I have set aside Adair’s “Jillian’s Stocking” by Shepherd’s Bush, to work on Alec’s “Brett’s Stocking” for a little while, as hers I seem to be waiting on several floss colors (a few different greens which I need for many things, as well as the black, which will fill in the missing rows on the sleeve, as well as at the base of the dress and dots on the Angel’s wing.
I just started Alec’s as well, and so far have only just a little to show for it, but still, it’s a start none-the-less ; ) I told them that I would work one of their stocking, then the other, so eventually I’d finish them both at the same time so they wouldn’t feel left out. What we mothers will do to excuse our desire to start multiple projects at the same time. (*wink*)
I really am enjoying the speed of how these work up. The 18ct. linen is so nice for tired eyes and the perle cotton is fun to work with for a change. A stitch or thirty a day is what I’m aiming for to help make progress on these, afterall, if I can complete them, then I have an even better excuse to start the stocking for my husband and myself!
My mom is visiting, she came in on Monday and is staying through till Monday. On our way home we stopped at Shepherd’s Bush stitchery store and spent way too much money. BUT, on the bright side, I got some great projects to work on that should last me a long time, probably till her next visit. haha. I got the patterns, linen, and perle cotton to do stockings for the kids, Adair picked this one, which I started on Tuesday, and an nearly done on the angel’s dress, just need to do her wings and sleeves, head and a few of the leaves on the dress. Then I am going to do this one for Alec… and after I get the two done, I’ll buy the embellishment packs and affix those, then send them off to my mom in Oregon to do the finishing, she’s much more the seamstress than I. My car project (what I work on while I wait in the car for my kids during soccer practice or picking up from school etc.) I started Fear Not, by La-D-Da… it’s so pretty. I changed the flosses and linen, but it’s working up so lovely. One strand over two is such a delicate look, and also inwardly I love it because I know I’ll have lots of floss left (*wink*).
I think after I finish the kids stockings, I’d like to do this one for Mike and this one for me. They really go fast with the 18ct. linen they are on… seriously, it’s like a stiff burlap, but it’s a fun change from 32ct. linen! I don’t even have to use a magnifyer. And the perle cotton floss is lovely, so nice to not have to divide floss for this, it really makes it fast!
My brother and his wife are expecting their second baby in September, and I’d really like to make a set of these for their family… I’ll already have the patterns, and some of the floss, only having to buy the certain ones needed that you use most of. Plus the embellishment packs, which are like $20 per stocking, and the linen $17 per stocking, it would be a really nice gift/heirloom for their family. I have lots of good intentions, but will it actually manifest, we’ll see. I hope so… I think a handmade gift is much more precious than something storebought, so I’d really really REALLY like to do this.
THEN, the project I spent the most for (and am waiting for some of the things to be mailed to me because SB had to order it) is for the Quaker Virtues! This thing is going to be huge and beautiful! It calls for 38 skeins of Old Blue Paint (Cresent Colors), and three skeins of Wisconsin Woods (Cresent Colors). They are ordering 40 skeins of the Old Blue Paint for me so that they are all from the same dye-lot, and I am waiting for the over-dyed linen I got too… it’s a beautiful light creme with some antiquing… I forget the name, but I hope they include that when they send it to me. : ) I cannot even begin to imagine how long this project will take me, so therefore I’m not putting a time limit on it, and will just rotate it in when I feel like it. This one is certainly going to be a keeper and definetly NOT something I’ll give away!
Well, the kids start their short spring break today… lots of stuff to do, and probably little stitching time, (wink).
When I stitch, I pray. I have had a lot to talk to God about the last few days… and so then too, I have been able to work on a lot. Here is my progress on Angel’s Song… I have changed out a few lines of the Shepherd’s something something color (verigated creme to gold silk) for another more soft creme. Tina helped me pick the color as a subsititute, mainly because I want to stitch the largest section calling for the golds in the creme instead.
I also started “An HuMble Heart” yesterday as a distraction and side piece to Angel’s Song … here is the progress of that so far. I’m so far not sure if I want it to say “an humble heart” like they have it in the pattern.. mainly because when I read it I think an? An… humble heart? Or “a humble heart”? I know that it you have it say “an humble heart” it’s a silent beginning of h, and meant to be said more like umble but that somehow stresses my brain.
My mom is coming to visit tomorrow, I couldn’t be more thrilled. Honestly, I am so happy to have her come and stay.
I am thankful today for the small things I can do with great love…
Well, I finished the kids teachers end of the year gifts…. just need to frame them. Don’t know if I’ll be able to literally wait till the end of the school year to have the kids give them to them. Never have been too good with keeping a surprise. I get that from my mother for sure!
Also just finished what I affectionately called my momentary stitching nemesis. I think I had more un-stitching to do on this piece than I actually put in. For some reason I read the chart incorrectly and used a different color for the ferns that I was supposed to. Needless to say, I frogged them all and put in the correct color. For some reason there is something within myself that will not allow me to have it different than the chart. The other frogging I had to do was to remove part of the border… apparently I was tired, and I turned my linen and forgot which way was up, so my cross stitch went the wrong way. I am glad to have it completed. Now I just have to find someone to give it to, after-all, if I keep it, I know I’ll just grumble at what I had to go through to finish the simple thing. It really is pretty though.
After finishing up those projects, I have made progress on my Angel Song… 
I’m enjoying the pretty colors. Last night I finished the one over one in the words row, and now I’ll get to have several rows of two over two… lots of thread changes with the hillside, but it looks so pretty I can’t wait to do it!
Well, that’s it for today. Other than a picture of my kids on Easter!
I recently finished this piece, called “She Gathers”, pattern by 4 My Boys… it was amazingly quick. I really love this linen, 30 ct. Flax Fields… so soft and easy to work with and hold. I worked on this while still working on the Emmanuel’s Song… some days I just needed a break, usually when it came time for me to start a words row worked over one strand… haha.
As I stitched it, I pondered what being a Proverbial wife meant, as mentioned in Proverbs 31. I have dwelled on it from time to time… back then, it really would be quite extra-ordinary. I have also contemplated the question of what it would translate to today, in our culture? Curious it leaves me, to say the least.
Regardless, there are verses that stand out to me as things that I either display or that God is growing in me the ability to give. But honestly, Read the rest of this entry »
