Witches Stitch, Too!!! Prairie Moon Sampler ~

Got this sampler in the mail today with

all the threads and fabric.

The fabric is

a little too yellow for my taste so I

think I will change that before I

start stitching in earnest.

I already started the outline just to see

if it would show up on the fabric.

I joined the Prairie Moon Sampler and I have a link

on my blog if you are interested in joining.

It is Little House Needleworks' pattern

and should be a blast to stitch!

So . . . come along and join us.

I started this last night!!!

I got it at my LNS just before I left.

I have the witch done

except for her eye and mouth.

I did the moon and I used glow-in-the-dark

thread.

Too, cool!

I have half of the cat done.

I have half of the top left corner done.

I have half of her chair done.

I have all of the table and stitch

piece done.

Will I finish by Halloween?

I may get it stitched but it won't be framed.

It has been fun to stitch so far.

I changed the threads, of course,

used some silks, some over dyed and

I didn't use some of the colors they called for

because I didn't have them.

Thanks for looking!

God Bless ~

Lenna

TUSAL . . .

Here I am again with my TUSAL!

On the left is the Sail Away sampler where I

got most of my threads this month.

I had to frog out the second part of the poem 6

different times before I finally

got it RIGHT!!!

DUH!!!

I also have some red dragon threads in the jar.

It's a finish!

I also did some Halloween motifs. HOWL and one

I have had around since I first started

stitching in 1982. I had looked at it every

month for years and decided

this would be the year I finally

stitched it up.

Curly Q Ewe

was one I did some frogging on ~ the Ewe's head

came out three times before

I got the color right.

I did a name tag that reads ~ No magic until

I've had my coffee. It is on the bright

green fabric and the cat has on a witch hat.

It turned out so cute.

I also stitched three ornaments for

Breast Cancer Awareness.

One for my aunt,

Maribel,

my cousin, Jean Ann

who both

died from breast cancer.

Both because

they did not go back to the doctor

like they were supposed to.

The third was for my good friend Bob,

who did

survive breast cancer. I am sure glad he

did, too, he is a great friend.

I also have tags, from the tissue paper

that my goodies were wrapped

in that I got from The Silver Needle.

Old broken needles, threads from some

fabrics, silks, cottons, over dyes and sparkly

ones, too.

Oh, and that spooky glow-in-the-dark thread that I used

on some of the Halloween ones.

So that is all that I have done this month.

Thanks for coming by ~

Appreciate it so much.

God Bless ~

Lenna

13 Days Of Halloween Give Away

This seem like a fun Halloween Give Away.

Click on the picture to the right to go to Missy's site

to enter her great Give Away.

13 Days!!!

Welsh Dragon, HOWL and Sail Away

This is the finished Welsh Dragon that I made

for Linda, the lady, Tris stayed with in

Washington D. C. for 11 months. He was

going to George Washington University

to get his Masters in Shakespearean acting.

She had such neat old prints and print plates from old books

on her walls from her travels over the years.

Her house was a quaint lovely brick with many

good smelling plants in the front yard.

She also had a pond in the front,

only one goldfish but then

who knew racoon's LOVE goldfish?

She was also Welsh so I looked up Welsh Dragon

on my son's laptop while I was still there

and discovered there was actually a

Welsh Dragon that could be stitched.

I also found the red fabric at Enchanted Lair

and ordered them both. Soon after I got home

they both came in the mail.

I got my thread from my LNS and got to stitchin'!!!

In no time I had it done.

I like the way the frame sets off the letters and the

red fabric sets off the dragon. I think it just fits.

Hope she likes it.

I am going to make her a handmade card as I

also do stamping when I am not stitching.

This is a bigger picture of HOWL. It was a quick

stitch I enjoyed doing. I finished it in two nights.

I still have the buttons to put on but hopefully

I can get it done for Halloween.

If not, there is always next year and I will be

ahead of the game.

Last but not least there is my Sail Away.

It is getting closer to the sea.

I changed some of the motif colors and did

my favorite alphabet.

I included a bigger picture of my little person.

I wanted you to be able to sea the detail. Her

white dress was hard to sea.

I also put on those sissy little pumps

that they used to wear back then.

My grandmother had a pair and I do remember them.

Despite the frogs I have really loved doing

this piece. It has been a hoot!

Some pieces you just love don't you?

This was one of those pieces.

I already know which frame I am going to use on it.

I now have the tree done with it's trunk.

All the windows are done and the door.

The clouds are done, the lighthouse is

almost done and the grass underneath it is done.

The sail boat is floating ~ awaiting the water.

Tomorrow I will work on the house, hill, sheep, water and

the white single special stitches.

I hope to have it finished by the first of next week.

As always, thanks for stopping by and looking.

I appreciate all your nice comments.

God Bless ~

Lenna

HOWL . . .

oeen is almost here and I have worked

on several

Halloween ones!

I finished this one last night. I just have to

get the buttons and put them on.

I spells out HOWL and is a Shepard's Bush pattern.

It is

stitched on a peach linen look I like so much with

GAST threads.

There are two stars, one bee, one bat, one spider, one leaf

two sets of eyes,

one for pumpkin and one for Frank to still put on.

Then there is a small pumpkin at the bottom

by the

big pumpkin.

I will look in my stash and see how many

I already have.

I guess that is all for tonight.

Thanks for looking

I appreciate it so much. It means the

world to me.

Take care and God Bless and BOO!

Lenna

Breast Cancer Ribbons . . .

One of my best friends, Bob,

is a cancer survivor.

He had breast cancer and underwent

treatment and was cured.

My other best friend, Donna,

decided to stitch

enough ornaments to fill a

Christmas tree

and auction it off at

Thanksgiving by way of a raffle.

She has had a lot of help in this undertaking

and there are very many

beautiful ornaments up

for auction.

So l . . .

stitched some ornaments in

memory of some of my loved ones.

Bob is one of those people. He is now

81 years young and is very dear to me.

And thank God he survived ~ many don't.

My Aunt Maribel also had breast cancer

and she lived for some years cancer free

after her different forms of treatment.

Then she didn't return to the doctor

after she was cancer free

until it was too late.

The cancer came back and got into

her bones and before she died it

had spread all over her body.

She had many broken bones

because her marrow was so porous.

She even had her arm broken once from the blood

pressure cuff.

She was a Bible scholar and she knew anything

about the Bible you would care to ask her.

She has been greatly missed.

My cousin also had breast cancer. When she died

she was only 56.

She also did not go back for her check ups

after she was cancer free until it was

too late.

So to honor her I made this Breast Cancer Ribbon.

I plan to make them into ornaments. They will

be backed with a floral for my

Aunt and cousin

and a swirl, for Bob.

Then a ribbon will be added around

the piece. I will also put a little hanging ribbon.

I will post pictures when they are finished.

Tonight I found out that my x brother-in-law has

pancreatic cancer.

After the biopsy is studied they will know more.

What stage it is, if it has spread and what

kind of tumor he has in the pancreas.

He is very frightened so all your prayers

would be appreciated.

I will keep you posted on his progress. He is very

dear to me and I can't believe this is happening

to him. He is a funny guy. I have know him

for about 42 years.

If you are interested in participating in the raffle

just leave a comment and I will give you the info.

Thank you for visiting and leaving your comments.

Take care and God Bless ~

Lenna