Autumn Angel, Christmas Angel and 40 Days Angel, Noah's Ark . . .

The first one up is the Autumn Angel.

She was done with the colors called

for in the Fancy That pattern.

I stitched all of them in 1997,

a long time ago.

I used a linen fabric, probably,

28 count ~ you think?

I put orange sparkles in her wings,

in her garden of corn stalks and

a pumpkin.

Her body is a bird house

and there is a fence

at the bottom which the crow is

perched upon.

He lives in the mailbox

that serves as his house

with the word Crow

on the side.

The flag is up!!!

She has a star on her halo

and a bee that does glow in

the dark ~ on the vine.

She also has little pumpkins

on her slippers.

The second one is a Christmas Angel.

She was stitched on a very light green

linen fabric, 28 count.

I used the threads called for in the pattern

and added a sparkly thread in white

for the wings.

There are lights in her halo and

button light bulbs

in her wreath

with a huge red bow on the top.

She is surrounded by packages

and flanked by a Christmas tree.

She has big stars on her slippers.

And last is the Noah's Ark Angel.

She is stitched on a grey blue

linen fabric with the over dyed

threads called for

in the pattern.

She has sparkles in her wings,

there is a half moon, sun and star

that also has sparkles.

She has a bird on her halo and

a vast a ray of stars, and a bird

surrounding her body.

There is also a little, big, fish

peeking out of the waves.

For embellishment's she has

a cool turtle

and fish button

I found somewhere, that

makes it look 3D.

She is bravely standing in the waves ~

while over her head it says ~

40 days and 40 nights!!!

I remember back to 1997,

I had such a blast

stitching these three Angels,

one after the other.

I worked at Frames Etc. then and

I framed them all there.

The Noah's Ark one has a floated

look and the mat board is covering

the floated substrate.

It creates dimension and protects the

glass from being broken by the buttons.

If you don't raise the glass above

any hard object, ie button,

shell, or rock the pressure caused

by the object will eventually

break the glass.

Your Welcome!!!

Physics!!!

The turtle is also a bit larger than

the rest of the buttons so I

needed to raise the

glass above the picture.

As usual, thanks for looking at the craft I

dearly love.

Your comments are always welcome!!!

God Bless your Stitching fingers . . .

Lenna

My Pride and Joy . . . Tristan

This is my son, Tristan, one of my Joys in life.

He has been ill ~

but he is working very hard

to get better.

I went to his FB page and there

is a picture of him playing with,

Pearl, the poodle, who belongs

to his wife.

She is a very neat dog and she loves

her many tennis balls and

her two masters.

It made my heart sing to see him looking

so much better than I thought he would look.

He is a sweet, gentle, nice man who is so

grateful for all the prayers he has received

from strangers.

I also want to take this opportunity to thank all

of my stitching friends who have offered up

a prayer or chant for his complete recovery.

Prayer does help, I know, and it is so appreciated

by all of my family.

Tristan, we all want you to know that we love you

very much,

love your sense of humor and

can't even begin to imagine a world without

you in it.

Your constant laughter is something

that is such a part of our lives.

Your brother, sister, brother-in-law, sister-in-law

and nieces and nephews

feel the same way.

They love their Uncle Tristan so much.

Magoo, has also been praying for you.

Please, do what the doctors say, EAT and

get well soon.

I also want to thank his wife, Morgan, for all

she has been to him, for loving him so much

and for being there to keep him safe.

Thanks so much Sweetheart ~

You are the

best woman he could have ever married.

Hope to see you soon on your turf!!!

The SEA!!! YEA!!!

God Bless your stitching fingers all . . .

Thanks for dropping by ~

Lenna

Happy Blogoversary . . .

Who knew?

I had completely forgotten this is my

2nd blogoversary!

Which must

not be a word in the dictionary!

Anyhoo ~ so it is!!! It has been a very

busy couple of years.

Man, it went by fast except for the

month of May when I wrote

everyday.

What a chore!!!

I only missed two postings one by

one minute, and one by two minutes.

I have to say I have learned a lot

about doing a blog.

As some of you know the first one

actually, did not work out so I

had to move everything I had written

and write it all over again.

When I got that finished I slept good

that night I can tell you!!!

It has been a blast sharing all of my

needlework, and I have so much

left that I have finished and framed

but not posted.

My bedroom walls have probably 40

finished pieces hanging.

One wall is just filled with

different kinds of needlework.

One wall is snowmen and one angel and

another is cats.

I have a teddy bear wall and of

course Crayon Duck.

When I have to move from

this house many boxes will be packed with

a little piece of me, as I tend to

include that in every piece I stitch.

Every cross stitch, also has

a little anger in them ~

that I release by stitching.

That is why it is so hard to just get

rid of them like my mom would like me to do.

She is afraid to come into my room cause

she thinks the pictures will fall on her.

It's not like they are on the ceiling

just waiting for her to enter!!!

So . . . thanks from the bottom of my heart

for coming by and leaving your helpful comments,

wisdom, kind words, and admiration of my love

of stitching. I have basked in the glow of these

comments and learned many things

from you wonderful women.

Thanks also for all the help you have given

me while I completed this project.

God Bless your stitching fingers . . . and keep

up the beautiful work.

Take care ~

Lenna

Halloween Rules . . .

This is my update on Halloween Rules!!!

I got the rest of the tombstones done

with the inside letters with

the moon rising behind them.

See how cleverly the designer wrote

out Halloween and

used the W for the branches

of the tree?

Ah, to be a designer and see things

like that with the naked eye.

Amazing!!!

I found out the fabric is called Heroic

and it is by Picture This Plus ~

32 count. I am getting used to this

count but it isn't easy for me.

I dearly love 28 count fabric cause

my threads seem to lay down

completely.

Next on the pattern I get to start on

the individual patterns.

YEA!!!

I would have gotten farther along on my

piece but I got some disturbing news

on Wednesday and I just couldn't stitch.

My youngest son, Tris, was in a very bad way.

He has had a psychotic break, which he now

says is NO break. He thinks he will call

it a nervous breakdown as they used to,

cause it is truly a break down!!! He still

has his wonderful sense of humor ~ God

Love Him.

He was taking some Adderall for ADD and

began staying up all night and not eating

and sleeping. He is getting plenty of

rest, food, prayers and love, something he was

really never lacking in before this happened.

He is a funny, kind, gentle soul who I love

with all my heart and so if you want to

say a prayer he and I would be so

grateful.

Everyday I talk to him and see some

small improvement. God is Good to us

and we are so Blessed to have the love

and support Tris needs at this time.

I want to take this opportunity to thank

everyone for their support and prayers.

He has felt them, too.

Thank You!

Thanks for stopping by and reading my post ~

I vow to have this framed before Halloween.

God Bless your stitching fingers ~

You are the best and I treasure your friendships so much.

Lenna

Halloween Rules . . .

Good Morning all you beautiful Stitchers . . .

I have been bouncing around the blogs ~

boy, you ladies are working on some

awesome projects.

The stitching is gorgeous to say the least!!!

Even though I haven't always commented

I am checking you out.

Great Job!!!

Keep up the good work and I will be checking

back on your progress. This time I might

even leave a comment!

This is my latest progress on Halloween Rules . . .

It is a real pleasure to stitch on this piece.

It helps that I love the fabric so much.

I fell in love with it the first time I saw

it at retreat. I was looking for a piece for this

project and I knew it would look great.

However . . . I did ask some of my stitching

ladies what they thought and not one of

them liked my choice.

So . . . to be fair, I did look again, decided

they were as wrong as wrong could be

and bought it anyway!!!

So there!

It is a count I don't usually stitch on but

I am adjusting.

It is 32 count and the stitches are beginning

to lay down better.

That is the biggest problem I have with

32 count.

On the other hand, on 28 count I don't seem to

have any problem with how the stitches look.

Anybody else have that problem?

I hope to get the tombstones in tonight

and spell out rules on them.

So off I go to get some stitches done

before I have to get ready for work.

It's another day of ordering and a late night

to boot.

I do dislike the late nights so much,

but ~ unfortunately no one asked me.

You just do what you have to do!!!

Take care and keep at the important stuff,

ie ~ stitching.

God Bless those stitching fingers ~

Lenna

Cat on A Wire. . .

You, truly haven't lived until you had a

cat that would hang

on a wire,

if she only could.

This was my cat Knee ~ Hi.

She was

my cat and she was nuts!!!

No joke, she did some strange

things in her 12 year life.

I have a stamp that looks just like

this cross stitch.

When my vet wrote me a note, after she

died, I stamped him a card just like this

cross stitch and sent it to him.

He loved it!

Nice man and he loved my little Knee ~ Hi.

He went to Texas A&M and donated a large

sum of money in her name to further

research in Animal Husbandry.

It was such

a sweet jester that it made me cry.

I was

truly touched by his kind thought.

I think he was very saddened that we lost

the fight with cancer and could not save her.

I know I was!

So I am here to dedicate this cross stitch

to my Sweet Knee ~ Hi!!!

I miss you.

I just have a small amount to do to finish it.

I will get right on that!

Thanks for stopping by to say Hi and look at my work.

If you can, please leave a comment I enjoy reading them

so much.

Take care of you stitching fingers and God Bless ~

Lenna

Under the Prairie Moon, Halloween, Cat Lessons for People and Time for God . . .

This last piece is a SAL I joined ~ stitched with silk threads.

I had not used silk threads for a very long time.

When I worked in the frame shop

I handled so much paper that my hands

got ruff. Those ruff places pick up

the threads and they get tangled.

So, I had to use some kind of lotion.

I found one that is for stitchers called

Stitcher's Mantel

and it puts

a film, non greasy, to smooth

out those ruff places and help heal them.

It does not affect the threads or fabric.

It really does work.

So I tackled this piece.

It's a Little House Needleworks, one of my

favorites. and I have the house all done now.

I guess my next chore is putting all my stitching

back in order again.

I also do cards and I was busy at Easter

doing all my cutting, stamping, and embossing for

the 50 I was going to make for the people

at the store and my mom fell and had

to go to the hospital.

She has had a bad year so far and she

is no spring chicken.

She is all healed from that fall but it takes

it's toll. She is 94 and she doesn't

bounce back anymore.

So, I put my cards up and maybe next year.

I have about 20 Easter stamps and that part

is done, at least!!!

I have got to get this all straightened out ~

it drives me crazy.

Maybe when it gets a little

cooler. If we could get some rain it would help.

Happy Halloween, my favorite Holiday, must be the witch in me.

No, not literally!!!

I got the threads, fabric and patterns for this one,

it's a Lizzie Kate pattern at retreat this year.

I saw it on line and fell in love with it.

I finally decided to get this piece of fabric called ~

I can't find the name of it.

Of course!!!

So we will call

it the

"no name fabric"

for now.

It is a very pretty light tan, 28ct, my favorite,

with swirls of red, blue and

gold over dyed in it.

I had to get the 1/2 yd cut

cause it is a very long pattern.

So, I do have a big piece left.

I got most of the pumpkin done!!!

Yea!!!

I do need to get back to this soon,

cause I want it done for Halloween.

My sister went to retreat this year and

as usual, we had a blast.

This is her third year.

We finally

get to do something together.

I talked to her about it for

years before she finally joined me.

I love going to Summer's Mill.

It is quiet and gorgeous, it was cool, the

food was to die for and there is

a beautiful little Chapel they built

about 3 years ago.

This is the place I would pick

to get married,

if I ever got married again.

Besides it has a short aisle so it makes

the walk alone much easier.

The setting is so quiet, so peaceful and soooooo gorgeous.

The Chapel isn't too shabby either!

This is my 8th year of going

to the retreat and I look forward to it

every year.

It's sad when it comes to an end!

But then

this too shall pass.

I found a pattern on the trash

table, at retreat,

I am for sure going to do that says just that!

Here's my pumpkin!!!

This is my next start, oh trust me, I have a bunch of starts!

I decided this year I would work on some of

my older starts so I set up a rotation.

I was going gang busters then

life happened and well you all know how that is!!!

Sorry, I digress ~

This piece is called Cat Lessons for People ~

by

Lizzie Kate.

You all know I love cats so I decided last year

to get this pattern, fabric and overdyed

threads and get busy on it.

However . . . I didn't get busy on it.

I started it

when I got back from retreat in April.

This is my progress in two days.

I had forgotten what ever you put in first

becomes the last thing in the process.

SO . . .

Good Morning All !!!

It has been forever since I have done

this so bare with me.

Seems like I have forgotten

EVERYTHING!

I did this piece for my mom for her birthday

last year.

Her physical therapist saw the finished

framed piece and fell in love with it.

So . . . being the fast stitcher that I am

I whipped one up for her.

Her name is Mary and she is very sweet

to my mom and mom loves her.

So it was a labor of love on my part!!!

Now I just have to stretch it and

get it framed.

I used to be able to put up more than one design

at a time but it isn't working.

Looks like it is time to throw this putter out

the window again. But alas, there is a gecko

on the window screen so I won't.

Maybe next time.

Well, thanks for stopping by and giving me a look.

I appreicate it ~ leave a comment if you can

I do love them so . . . It does help!

God Bless your stitching fingers and take care ~

Lenna