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Monday, February 17, 2020

A Whole Lotta Valentine Stitchin'

Hi friends! Welcome new friends! Is it warming up by you? Still cold and snowy around here!

I have been busy stitching Valentine pieces this month. I need to show you what I have been busy making.

Be My Valentine freebie from LizzieKate
I stitched this two over two with DMC on 32ct Angel Blush Zweigart Belfast linen.

💖💗Always💗💖
Free design from Heart In Hand Designs. I added pinks to the bottom border.💗 I stitched this two over two with the called for DMC.

💗💘'Happy Heart Heart Day' by The Trilogy.
I finished this flatfold courtesy of Vonna's tutorial of course. I give her credit!! I do NOT really enjoy finishing! I do enjoy them once they are done❣️ I stitched this two over two on 30ct WDW Baby's Breath linen. The only color I kept that was called for was the red, DMC 221. Otherwise I chose all my own and they were mostly my favorite VMSS flosses. The mother of pearl buttons came from my big 'ol jar of white buttons.💗 The fabric it is laying on is the finishing fabric.

I have a giveaway going on RIGHT NOW FOR THIS CHART!  Please see my last blog entry to enter to win THIS chart!

I am stitching up another monthly piece right now.

I received this sweet Valentine from Astrid  💌 Thank you once again Astrid❣️
Vickie @stitchingvickie I received this sweet Valentine from Astrid @astro.astrid 💌 Thank you once again Astrid❣️
Vickie @stitchingvickie I received this sweet Valentine from Astrid @astro.astrid 💌 Thank you once again Astrid❣️


“Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword?…No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.”  Romans 8:35, 37-39

Thank you for stopping by my friends! I hope you have a stitchtastic week!

Stitching and praying,
Vickie




Cally turned officially 8 years old Sunday! Her adoption papers have her real birthday printed on them. Isn't she just precious?! I just love to pick her up and hug her. You should see the look she gives me. Totally Grumpy Cat.😆😻

Thursday, February 13, 2020

💗Secret Stitching Sweetheart Blog Hop

Happy Valentine's Day friends! I am taking part in our friend Jo's Secret Stitching Sweetheart Blog Hop!

I have received this Valentine picture, sent by my Secret Stitcher.
Isn't this lovely? I am guessing this is a Drawn Thread pattern.

My Secret Stitcher just needs to visit Jo's blog, visit the stitchers on the list, and she will find her picture here. Please leave me a comment here letting me know who you are Secret Stitcher! I need to search the list to find my stitched Valentine!

Thank you for stopping by today! Welcome new friends! Leave me a comment so I know you dropped in. 

I am having a giveaway for this 'Happy Heart Day' chart by The Trilogy provided by our friend Robin. 
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If you are interested in this chart, all you have to do is be a sidebar follower of mine here on this blog and leave a comment here on this post stating you would like this chart. I will draw one name from the comments here on Monday, February 24th. 

“They received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day.” Acts 17:11

Stitching and praying,
Vickie



Thursday, February 6, 2020

💗Valentine Stitching💗

Hi friends! Let me show you the February cubby shelf.
Here is the February corner shelf. You must know I love to bring out the pink for Valentine's Day!
In the mother of pearl frame is a new finish. 💘February Square Dance by Heart In Hand💘I stitched this two over two on 32ct evenweave using DMC and VMSS
💕💘And now a February freebie you can find HERE💘💕
I plan to stitch this whole cute series. Only problem is that the months are in Italian. That's okay. Just requires a bit of ingenuity to make it all work and fit.😉 I will perch these tiny finishes on top of the cubby shelf. I stitched this two over two on 28ct white Jubilee using all VMSS flosses and the grey DMC. The fabric shown is the backing material.

I am now stitching up another Valentine small.

Have any of you read this book? Wow. What a good book from beginning to end. The majority of the book takes place in Poland. I found that very interesting.
In 1942, Europe remains in the relentless grip of war. Just beyond the tents of the Russian refugee camp she calls home, a young woman speaks her wedding vows. It’s a decision that will alter her destiny…and it’s a lie that will remain buried until the next century. Since she was nine years old, Alina Dziak knew she would marry her best friend, Tomasz. Now fifteen and engaged, Alina is unconcerned by reports of Nazi soldiers at the Polish border, believing her neighbors that they pose no real threat, and dreams instead of the day Tomasz returns from college in Warsaw so they can be married. But little by little, injustice by brutal injustice, the Nazi occupation takes hold, and Alina’s tiny rural village, its families, are divided by fear and hate. Then, as the fabric of their lives is slowly picked apart, Tomasz disappears. Where Alina used to measure time between visits from her beloved, now she measures the spaces between hope and despair, waiting for word from Tomasz and avoiding the attentions of the soldiers who patrol her parents’ farm. But for now, even deafening silence is preferable to grief. Slipping between Nazi-occupied Poland and the frenetic pace of modern life, Kelly Rimmer creates an emotional and finely wrought narrative. The Things We Cannot Say is an unshakable reminder of the devastation when truth is silenced…and how it can take a lifetime to find our voice before we learn to trust it.

Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in needs, in persecutions, in distresses, for Christ’s sake. For when I am weak, then I am strong. 2 Corinthians 12:10

I hope you have a wonderful weekend my friends. Thank you for stopping by.

Stitching and praying,
Vickie

Friday, January 31, 2020

😻

Hi friends! I finally found time to return to stitching. Boy does that feel good. I have a small finish to share with you.

Ta da! It's Cally! 😻
This is a free chart called Itty Bitty Kitty from Wichelt.com. I have had this chart for a LONG TIME! This is from March 2014. If you want this chart, I still have the link to it. Search 'Cutie'(my Mom's cat.) in the white search bar in the upper left corner at the top of this blog page. Scroll down the page and you will find it. I changed this pattern A LOT to make it look like Cally.😊 I had to use EIGHT colors! It is such a dull, grey day here. Too bad you cannot see the pretty linen color. It is 25ct light rose lugana. This is the first Cally in the cubby shelf!😉

Our friend Mary  sent me a "cheer you up" gift. How wonderful and thoughtful was that?! Thank you again Mary!!
I am now stitching another monthly pattern.

I want to thank you SO much for your love and kindness in my time of grief with the passing of my Stepdad. Your prayers and kind words and reaching out to me mean so much. TRULY. I mean that. I am feeling much better. I had this funk. This deep sorrow that I worried would never lift. I believe it is beginning to leave. Thank you for caring my friends. God bless you.💗

“These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.” John 16:33

Stitching and praying,
Vickie 



Monday, January 27, 2020

🐈

Hi friends! Thank you so much for all of your love, support, and prayers during this time of grieving. God bless you.💗
You can see my little surprise! Her name is Cally.😻I'll bet you did not even know that I like cats did you? 😉I still want another toy poodle, BUT our little toy poodle Henry has a SECOND herniated disc in his neck. He has been recovering for two months already, and it is obvious he will have to remain on medication daily for the rest of his life. He is so happy and so playful still every day, that we just cannot risk getting another toy poodle. He would definitely play with her and injure himself terribly. SO... we got a Himalayan! Brian and I had talked of getting a Himalayan WAY BACK when we were dating. We never did. Now we rescued Cally.
She is an 8 year old Dilute Calico Himalayan. Norman, her 95 year old! owner, had to go into a nursing home. She is 6 pounds and so is Henry! 😊They respect each other. She is SO affectionate. A purring machine. And GORGEOUS!

I have yet to get back to stitching. I will. Maybe tonight.

Please, if you would, pray for my Mom? Thank you so much❣️

“Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, and whose hope is the Lord.” Jeremiah 17:7

Stitching and praying,
Vickie

Friday, January 24, 2020

💗

Hi friends.

Our friend Donna has won the LK Joy to the World chart.

Please continue to pray for my Mom and my family. This is a most difficult time. My Stepdad's funeral is tomorrow. Thank you.💗

Praying,
Vickie


Wednesday, January 22, 2020

😢

Hi friends.

My dear Stepdad Jim Stewart went to Eternal Rest yesterday surrounded by my Mom and his son and me and Brian all of my brothers. Would you please join us in praying for his soul and please pray for my dear Mom and all of us? Thank you ever so much.😢💗


“But those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.” Isaiah 40:31

Stitching and praying,
Vickie