Taste and see that the Lord is good

Its official.  I'm going to Pennsylvania for three weeks.  I leave the last day in October and come back the day after Thanksgiving.  This will be the first time in over 22 years that I will spend a major holiday with my parents.  I'm so excited.  I'm also excited about what books to take to read, what projects to stitch on, and what crochet projects to bring.  Decisions, decisions.  Happy decisions.

I pulled out the cross stitch project I had already started for my parents Christmas present.  It is a John Clayton design, Taste of Norway.  I gave them his design of Neuschwanstein Castle several years ago.  They had mentioned that they would like to hang a grouping of my cross stitch pieces together.  I have several other kits of his so I think this will work perfectly.

For my younger brother I want to stitch Lizzie Kate's Dog Lessons for People.  I'm hoping to go through my rather extensive stash and find the pattern.

I would so like to get both of these done before I leave so that I can just leave the finished items with them instead of shipping them later on.

UPDATE:  I found the pattern!  Better yet, I already started it.  Unfortunately, I found about ten other projects that I must start right away.  The most urgent one is this:

I do not know how I have lived this long without hanging pig ornaments on my tree.

I finished the Hummingbirds kit.

The Lord reigns

Well, Hobby Lobby can be added to the list of stores that do not carry a charm that I want to use for this piece.  I have two more stores in town to try:  SAS Fabrics and The West.  I've already checked out 123 stitch online and didn't find anything either. 



I am still very much fighting the desire to start everything at once.  I want to stitch everything, sew everything, paper craft everything, knit everything, crochet everything, , color everything, and sew everything.  I really do need to clone myself at least seven times.

Love means doing what God has commanded us

I finished stitching Bon Appetit a few days ago.

I still need to try and find a charm for it but that might take a little searching.


I then started a new kit called Hummingbirds.  The kit is by Columbia Minerva and is from 1980. 

The directions say to stitch half stitches with six strands of floss on the 14 count aida that is provided.  I didn't like how that was looking so I frogged it.  I'm stitching it now with two strands of floss, full crosses. 

I'm feeling an overwhelming desire to start a number of cross stitch patterns.  I don't think I can hold this off much longer. 

Everything is possible for God

I got this kit from Herrschners.  I can't wait to start this.  

I finished sewing this apron yesterday.  It came from a fabric panel. 

I was making wonderful progress on Bon Appetit.  And, then I realized I made a mistake.  Can you see it?  The words on the right hand side is one square too close to the inner red border.

I had to frog that side completely. 

I've started restitching that side and am enjoying it once again.  A charm is to go between the desserts.  I went to Michael's and Joann's yesterday evening.  But, I couldn't find what I was looking for.  I still have to check in Hobby Lobby and then I will start looking online.

Heaven came down and rescued me

Christmas Angel by MarBek is finished.

There is a companion piece to it.  I plan to stitch it but not right yet.


Today I started Sweet Nothings, Bon appetit.

I'm using an 18 count aida.  It calls for Sampler threads with DMC substitutes listed.  I'm using a combination of DMC and other hand dyed flosses that I have.