Happy Easter!

 

“Mr. Bunn’s Garden”

Design by Maggie Bonanomi

For Maggie’s Club at Country Sampler in Spring Green, Wisconsin

Finished just in time!

I tweaked the flowers to be my favorites - daffodils.

“Holiday Hoopla - Easter”

By Brenda Gervais for With Thy Needle and Thread

Another finish for Easter ☺️

I thought I’d share a few other favorite vignettes

A favorite design by Rebekah L. Smith

Some favorite Schneeman creations.

And my Rae Dunn Easter collection is growing 😉

Wishing you and your family a blessed Easter!

“He is not here! He has risen!”

Luke 24:6

Blessings, Patti

Have Ye Any Wool?

Those of you that follow me on Instagram  have seen my progress on my final March

 Stitch from my Stash project.

You also already heard how Charlotte thought I needed a pair of sheep scissors

 to complete my ensemble. So what's a stitcher to do, but buy them ;)

They are awfully sweet!

I finished this stitch on Friday and was able to fully finish this weekend.

I'm happy with how it turned out!

And it looks sweet with my antique lead sheep who has seen better days...

So glad that it isn't lying in my stash any longer.

It is out on display where I can enjoy it!

I loved the original finish of the model, so I just went with it.

And isn't this backing fabric perfect?

The fabric is a bit crooked, but I had to get in the sheep bottom in the bottom right corner...

Well, there is almost a week left in March so I think I'll move on to a bonus project or two before starting my April Stitch from my Stash projects.

Time for something new!

And there is still time to enter my little giveaway here.

 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins

 and purify us from all unrighteousness.

~1 John 1:9

Blessings, Patti 

A Farmyard Parade Finish!

"Farmyard Parade"

by Brenda Gervais

With Thy Needle and Thread

Sometimes you see a pattern and you just need to stitch it immediately!

That's what happened when I saw this sweet pattern.

I dropped all that I was creating and focused on these.

I've admired Brenda Gervais' "Patriotic Poppies", "Sweet Violet" and "Boo & Baa-ble" patterns, where she adds wool to her cross stitch and so I thought I would try her technique on this pattern.

I'm so happy with how it turned out!

I also love working with ric rac and decided to try the technique that Brenda included in this pattern. I love the ruffled edge that it creates.

I already had some linen ricrac to use. I didn't think much about it, until I got to the second pillow. Then I realized that I just barely had enough, not even a half inch to spare. Phew!!

I had to share the backing fabric as well.

I thought that it was just perfect for these pillows!

I enjoyed them for about a week and then packed them away with my patriotic decorations for next year.

Here you can see the original design with the stitched poppies.

I hope that Brenda Gervais creates more patterns with Ole and Ora!

They are such a joy to stitch :)

Such is the confidence that we have through Christ toward God. Not that we are sufficient in ourselves to claim anything as coming from us, but our sufficiency is from God, who has made us competent to be as ministers of a new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit. For the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.

~2 Corinthians 3:4-11

Blessings, Patti

November Offerings...

My November Offerings are already sold, but I just had to share.

"School Girl Pocket Watch Necklace” based on a Brenda Gervais design. 

I love the sweet, subtle colors of this girl and her trusty scissors.

A Stitcher’s Palette. A design by The Primitive Hare, this piece was created for a contest that the designer hosted and took second place! I added mother of pearl rings for holding threads on one side. 

On the back I included a heart shaped pocket for embroidery scissors and a heart needle holder – a place for all of your supplies.

Thank you all so much for your continued support of my work!

So did you watch Nik Wallenda's Skyscraper walk?

Chicago was all a buzz about it this week.

Since I have a fear of heights, I knew that I would not be watching live from the ground.

I couldn't even watch it on tv! The opening shots made me nauseous!

Since my sons told me that he made it safely across, thank goodness, I will share these shots.

If you look closely you can see the lines between the Leo Burnett building and Marina Towers.

The camera crews all prepping last week.

Walking underneath on my way to the train, you can see two dots on the screen.

Those are on the guard wire for the cameras.

Just looking up at it made me dizzy!

I'm glad that he was successful on his feat!

"Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight and sin that clings so closely, and let us run with perseverance the race that is set before us."

~Hebrews 12:1

Blessings, Patti