Hello July

Hi friends! I will first show you Our Lasting Friendship by Blackbird Designs. This is my friend Beth's  sampler. Eight of us in our local cross stitch group are doing a round robin with this pattern. I completed the "July" stitching on this/Beth's sampler three weeks ago, but forgot to post it. Having a puppy will do that to you! This month we stitched the lower left corner.

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July Cubby Shelf Display 💖🤍💙🐩 

Almost every one of these are stitched over one. The new piece in the cubby shelf this month is "Mighty to Save" by My Big Toe Designs. 

I stitched this one over one on 35 count lambswool linen with VMSS of my choice. 

This pattern was a gift from my stitching buddy Lisa in New York. Thank you Lisa❣️

I am now stitching Emerson's Christmas ornament. I do have the monthly stockings for June and July stitched up, I just need to find/make the time to make them into stockings. With little Flossie here, her nap times are precious. I find myself always wanting to just stitch during those naps!

📚What a great book! Ashlyn is a rare-book dealer who has a gift for feeling the echoes of a books’ previous owners. Ashlyn discovers a pair of beautifully bound volumes that appear to have never been published and each tell conflicting sides of a tragic romance. She becomes obsessed with the books and needs to figure out what happened to these two lovers.

📚🎧This is the latest novel by Martha Hall Kelly, that ties in with Lilac Girls and Lost Roses. Two former female spies, bound together by their past, risk everything to hunt down an infamous Nazi doctor in the aftermath of World War II. I have not been let down by one of Martha's books yet! I love historical novels based on true stories.

I thought I would update you on my back. I am no longer in severe pain. I am taking the muscle relaxers daily and the naltrexone, a pain medicine. Between these two, my pain levels are now very low every day. The physical therapy did help, but it was mostly a refresher course to be honest. I do most of these exercises daily for years to strengthen my core. I will have to keep doing them.

I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.  Galatians 2:20

Thank you for stopping by. I realize I have not been posting on a regular basis whatsoever anymore. I appreciate you followers who still follow. 😉😄 Your friendship is a blessing to me. Thank you for your comments. Then I know you were here! 🥰

I hope my fellow Americans are having a wonderful weekend! We went out with our in-laws and all of our children to lunch yesterday and then came back here to play with Flossie.

Stitching and praying,

Vickie