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!🤪

❤️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