Happy Easter!

Christ is risen! Happy Easter my friends!

I stitched up this freebie, available from alita designs, for this Easter.

I used all of the called for DMC colors. I stitched it on this 14 count Charles Craft Hopscotch fabric I have had sitting in my stash for a long time.

I needed a little something to cover the goodies in my Easter basket. What Easter basket you ask? Well, this one.

I also created this Easter basket liner last week. It is not perfect at all. I will not even give you the link to the tutorial I followed, because I should not have followed it! It skipped steps and I had to wing it. I spent hours embroidering the pussy willows. I am not remaking it.

As soon as I set the basket down to get a few pictures, Mabel and Henry both had to come check it out. Of course!

One of the things I changed on the freebie from above is the cross. I made up my own Orthodox cross. Why? Well, last Sunday, Palm Sunday, Brian and I became Orthodox Christians. Brian has been considering this for years. The both of us together have been considering it for a year. All three of our teenagers live at home with us still. They are all Lutheran. Two of them have attended Orthodox church with us. We do not expect them to change. We will continue attending Lutheran church with them as long as they live in our home with us. We attend church every week. We always have and always will. We are strong in our faith and beliefs. We do not want our children to fall away from the church. We simply could not wait for many years to make this change in our lives. I just cannot describe the awesome reverence and holiness of Orthodox Divine Liturgy.

So this is what our Pascha (Easter) basket looked like on Saturday morning when we took it with us to church. Father blessed everyone's baskets after the Liturgy.

I embroidered pussy willows because our Orthodox church uses pussy willows on Palm Sunday instead of Palm branches. We were given the Pascha bread (Kulich) by a member. The kids and I made pastel Easter eggs this year. You can also see a butter lamb. Orthodox Christians fast from meat, fish, eggs, dairy, wine and oil during the entirety of Lent.

We have had this Lord's Supper icon for over 15 years. We put our pussy willows on top of it, in our kitchen.

Well, I am off to worship! Then lots and lots of family time. The kids last day off is tomorrow.

Oh yes. I have already attacked my chocolate bunny! mmmmmmm! And I had a pumpkin chai latte too! LOVE!

Thanks for stopping by. I am so glad you did! Be blessed!

Beading and praying,
Vickie

Stitching and stuff :)

Hey everybody!  I am just going to have to say Happy Easter to you now.  I do believe I will be absent for  a few days.  Lent is coming to a close tomorrow, on Good Friday.  I hope that you too seek out Jesus, ask for his help, join in his suffering, and learn to love like him.  Boy that is hard isn't it?

My garden girl and another concrete poodle I made.

This is a little garden spot to the side of our back yard.  It is very small.

My recent stitching project was a birthday present for my dear friend Ruth in Ireland. :)  I am happy to say she has received it, but guess what?? You still may not see what I made her.  She is patient and has an iron will I tell you.  Her birthday is on Saturday. That is when she will open it she tells me. :)   Won't you pop over to Ruth's blog and wish her Happy Birthday?! 

I have been stitching all week.  I do not have a picture of it yet. Since I do not plan on returning to blogland for a bit, check this out.  Yes, of course I am stitching another freebie!! ;)  What else, when the money is so very tight?  I am loving this.  It is turning out very nicely.  I will have it completed before Easter.  I still need to decide on a finish for it though.

That's it for today folks.  Take care.  Eat some chocolate.(I have most of a chocolate bunny gone!)  Go to church.  Have a Happy, Blessed Easter!

stitching and praying,
Vickie