The Flying Itches Needle ~

Jenny Bean Halloween . . .

2011-10-14T21:17:00.004-05:00

This is the one that has the leaves in it.

Story down below when

will I ever get this straight?

Good Evening My Stitcting Friends!

I am glad to report that I measured

Jenny Bean Halloween

and it looks like the frog,

Did not stop here again!!!

I am so thrilled cause if I had to

take out the side leaves

I don't have enough thread to

put it back in without going

to another dye lot.

Oh, well I can work on it again soon,

but now I am working on a

piece that my sister wants me

to stitch since I am retired!!!

It's for her friend and I have

finally got some of the verse

stitched.

It all has to be counted and you know

the rule count twice, stitch once.

Some retirement!!!

Thanks for stopping by and taking a look.

I appreciate it so much.

God Bless Your stitching fingers ~

Lenna

Jenny Bean Halloween . . .

2011-10-02T22:16:00.008-05:00

This is the piece I stitched for hours

but frogged for a lot less.

And I did it all without a Frappe!

Now it looks like the bottom is off.

It also looks like the top right

pumpkin is lopsided, too.

Is this piece cursed or something?

This is my Jenny Bean Halloween I worked on this weekend.

This is the progrees I made after I

frogged the right side twice.

But looking at this right now it

looks like I am going to need to check

out the bottom.

I think I will cry if it is wrong again.

Is this the large space that the

devil can leave this piece?

Come by tomorrow same time same station and see what's up!

I appreciate any and all comments they help make it all worthwhile.

God Bless your stitching fingers ~

Lenna

Jenny Bean Halloween . . .

2011-09-29T23:08:00.008-05:00

A few days ago I got this much

done on Jenny Bean Halloween.

I finished for the night then

discovered I had the frog

visit in the wee hours while

I was asleep!!!

Crafty little devil!

So I did my ripping and started again.

This is the progress on my

Jenny Bean Halloween tonight.

I only had to take it out twice, once

cause it was stitched off by one stitch.

The other time cause

I went up too high on the top.

Unfortuntatly, it threw

the whole side off.

What it took one hour to stitch

was ripped out in about 10 minutes.

I was talking to an author I have become

friends with and I told him I did some

rewriting (ripping) with fabric while he did

it on paper.

Seems like he has the easier job, as

long as he isn't having writers

block!!!

He wouldn't agree with me!

He does have a much harder job.

He has to follow the rules

and his heart and I just

have to be able to count and

follow the pattern.

Thanks for dropping by and taking

a look again. I appreciate it so much.

God Bless your stitching fingers ~

Remember God loves you, so much!!!

Lenna

Halloween Rules . . .

2011-09-15T11:06:00.007-05:00

Good Morning! ~ all ~

This is the progress I have made on my Halloween rules.

I am loving this fabric and am

so glad I chose it after all.

Once I got used to the count,

it's a 32, which I don't usually like ~ it isn't so bad.

I have the dog to do on the other side and

this first block will happily be done.

Short and sweet and slow and steady

wins the race, so I will leave

you

with that.

Take care all my stitching friends and

God Bless your stitching fingers ~

I hope soon to have some really

good news ~

Love to all ~

Lenna

2011-07-08T18:53:00.003-05:00

This is Olga, the cat.

As you can plainly see she is a

Halloween stitchery!!!

I have all of the alphabet done.

There are some little Quaker Motif's

mixed in with the Alphabet to do.

She has been one of the MIA ~ UFO's.

I know now when she got lost in that tote.

It was when we got ready to finally

do the floors.

After waiting for almost a year.

I made two file size totes for my UFO's.

I put them in the garage.

Had the floors done and in the meantime

I forgot all about them.

It happens ~ when you start getting old ~

I only have a small part left to do

on her so I best get busy!!!

HUH???

This is the other MIA ~ UFO I was talking about in last blog!!!

If anyone had bet which of the 12 totes,

in my room, this would have been in

you would have been ~ SOL!!!

I spent two hours looking through

the totes,

looking at all my projects

left to do.

I am going to have to live

to be two hundred to get them all done.

My mom would say three, but what does she

know from stitching!!!?

So this very minute I am going to
go get busy on one of them!

Jenny Bean Halloween . . . and Frappes

2011-07-06T19:22:00.013-05:00

This is Jenny Bean Halloween I started some time ago.

Today I went and visited a site of

Siobhan's Stitches!

Notes From Blue Hen Hallow is

the name of her blog.

Check it out!!!

Oh, my Heavens what a blog it was My oh My!

She has done so many samplers and

The Shores of Hawks Run Hallow, too.

I am working on that one, too

I don't even have the first

block done yet!!!

She also had this one done

which I also have started.

So, I am going to look for it tonight

and if I feel like it tomorrow night, after

freight day, I am going to stitch

on it some more.

Mind you, I know it is in my room in a tote

but which of the 12 totes do you think

it is in?

I should have a contest

to see if someone

could guess.

You would lose I fear!!!

OK, I am addicted to the Caramel Frappe'

from McDonald's.

It's a fact!!!

I try to limit myself to three a week.

I am losing weight and who needs this?

Certainly, not me.

Besides the coffee probably

isn't good for my heart!!!

I have lost 16 pounds to date

and I now weigh 156. YEA!!! Happy

dance all over the house.

I can actually get into

my size 14 jeans

and they are already

a little big.

My goal is 143 but I don't

know if I can stop there.

I just don't have any

appetite

so it makes it very easy not

to eat.

I used to love food but

I think I loved it too much.

The most amazing thing is

now I have seen

two good looking guys

checking me out when

I walk by them,

out of the corner of my eye.

Really???

It just amazes me!!!

Thanks for stopping by and leaving a

comment ~ if possible.

It does make

you want to keep doing this craft.

Say a prayer I find Jenny Bean.

Oh, Jenny Bean where are you?

God bless all those stitching fingers ~

and especially Siobhan's they must

smoke when she goes to bed.

Lenna

Halloween. . . The Branch

2011-07-04T23:50:00.004-05:00

Here is my update on When the Owl and

Witch together are Seen,

etc. . . etc. . . etc

Done on 32 count Herotic linen fabric

with over dyed threads.

It actually is coming along nicely

considering the day I had at work

today. It was typical Monday

after a vacation.

I am glad I was not at work last

week because they had a week

of He ~ ~ double toothpicks!!!

I did something very stupid during

my vacation and it made the whole

week horrible.

Today was really no better.

So when I got home tonight I

really needed to do some stitching.

It always calms me down and I

can get through the evening.

I also watched Yankee Doodle Dandy

on TCM tonight, I just love that

movie staring James Cagney.

It was a flag waver, perfect

for 4th of July.

I enjoyed it very much.

James does

a spectacular job of singing, dancing

and acting.

I have always liked him

So what better piece to stitch on than

my Halloween one so here it is . . . ENJOY!!!

Thanks for stopping by, hope you have your

tea or a cup of Joe.

Take care all and remember to Thank God

for your freedom.

God Bless your stitching fingers . . .

Lenna

July Angel . . .

2011-07-03T17:42:00.001-05:00

Happy Independence Day!!!

This is the Angel I did in 2000 for the 4th of July!

Isn't she the cutest little one?

I had to get my magnifying glass out to see

what date I stitched her.

I always put my name and date, in

thread, the same color as the background

fabric and it makes it very Hard to see,

much less read!!!

I had red hair at the time so I actually

coached down some other

threads that were not for stitching,

I had acquired from a friend for her hair!!!

She was such a HOOT to stitch. I had so

much fun doing her. The little buttons

for the basket, bee, bird and

firecrackers

came with the pattern

and it just makes it come together perfectly.

I used the threads that were called

for and put them down on my favorite

fabric in a 28 count.

They don't make

the fabric anymore so I bought 2 yards

from Hobby Lobby

before it was all gone.

It's a good thing cause I can't, for the life

of me, remember the name of the fabric.

If I had known I would live this long I would

have bought another 3 yards.

I have done several angels in the past, a Christmas

One, Noah's Ark, an Autumn One and a Halloween One.

The Halloween One is ~ Willa's Broomstick Co.

Made with a Zing!!!

I will have to take a picture, cause I had

forgotten how darlin' she is!!!

That will be my next post tomorrow

night. I am on vacation this week

so I have nothing but time.

I have the patterns for about a gazillion more so

maybe someday I will work on them again.

So many stitching's and so little time.

It's hard when you don't have the time and you work.

Time flies so fast. One day it is Monday and

the next day it is Friday.

I also make cards and I am working on my son's

get well cards and a special person

who missed a lot of holidays.

Guess I had better close for now. I will leave you with this

thought ~

How sad would it be if our Fore

Fathers had not fought so hard for the privileges

we have as Americans to be FREE???

How sad would it be if the next generations

had not cared that we were free

and kept

that privilege of Freedom for us to enjoy???

How sad if all those sacrifices would have been

in vain???

Let's not forget this year and

every year from now on just how

very Precious

that Privilege is to us all!!!

And how many made it possible for us

to enjoy!!!

God Bless America

It Is the Best Place To Be on This Earth!!!

Thanks for dropping by and thanks for the comments

if you could leave one.

God Bless your stitching fingers . . .

Take care ~

Lenna

Halloween. . . The Branch

2011-07-02T00:16:00.004-05:00

I know, I know don't yell at me!!!

This is called ~ Halloween ~

The Branch by Bent Creek,

Snappers.

It is the newest piece

they have put out

and being

Halloween I had to have it.

But, in my own defense

I had the fabric,

most of the threads,

so I only had to buy three patterns.

I decided to use Heroic for the fabric

by Picture This Plus!!! ~ again.

I told you I had a big piece left over!!!

I think The Branch

with the tree house, owl, birds,

webs, spiders and little house

will look smashing on this

piece of fabric.

It has all the colors of Halloween

and it will go

with all my other ones

I have started!!!

Thanks for stopping by and God Bless

your stitching fingers . . .

Lenna

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

2011-06-29T19:38:00.009-05:00

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

2011-06-27T20:01:00.010-05:00

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 . . .

2011-06-20T21:04:00.008-05:00

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 . . .

2011-06-19T23:18:00.004-05:00

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 . . .

2011-06-13T10:05:00.004-05:00

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. . .

2011-06-07T23:12:00.007-05:00

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 . . .

2011-06-07T07:49:00.012-05:00

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 ~

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

Happy New Year!!!

2010-12-30T23:49:00.003-06:00

Hi ho everyone!

No pictures today just

a short, sweet wish for

you and yours

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

Thank you all so much for

following me along

on this journey

and leaving your sweet

comments,

they are very much appreciated!

God Bless you all in the upcoming

2011 year.

May it bring health, wealth and

much Happiness!

Peace ~

Lenna

One Lovely Blog Award . . .

2010-08-27T16:38:00.009-05:00

Isn't it gorgeous?

I am so touched by this award.

Thank you so much Chrizette

it was so thoughtful of you to give me this!!!

God Bless your stitching fingers ~

Lenna

August 21st. Tristan's Wedding, Peacocks anyone? . . .

2010-08-15T09:43:00.014-05:00

My youngest son, Tristan, is getting married next Sat.

He is marring ~ Morgan a woman he met

while he went to acting school

at George Washington University

in D. C.

I really like her, too.

So this is the sampler I am doing for them.

No, it won't be ready.

It is much more

involved than I thought.

I have made good progress on it

and I have stitched every night

but one since I started.

But alas, it won't be done.

This is the true fabric color.

I changed my threads to

Sullivan's threads. I like them

very much even though I

have read some bad reviews

about them.

They do not fray like

DMC's and they look nice when done.

I don't have to constantly cut off

the tail because it becomes

in tangled.

This is about one and a half weeks worth.

This is where I am now down in next picture.

It is about half done.

I still have to change the

alphabet in the middle

and stitch all the rest.

I will get it done in the next

two weeks.

The big problem is we are doing the

floors in my mothers house this

next week, finally.

I live with her and we have

had this planned for almost a year.

Something always happens and

we have to change our plans.

Now I am taking off this next week

to be here while it is done.

Last night I started moving

all that has to be moved and

will pack up what has to be packed.

So . . . no stitching much to my deep sadness.

I would actually rather stitch than do anything else.

I'm BAD!!!

Well, I hear those boxes calling me

I better get

started.

This is where I am now. See my new scissors?

Aren't they cute?

Camp Town Girls are their names

and they are shaped like girls and

have hairdos and clothes on, too.

Peacocks anyone?

I stitched this little pattern for a

friend who has been a great moderator

on one of my group exchanges.

She recently was let go from

her job and needed some

cheering up.

So . . .

Enter the Peacock.

I used a 32 ct. fabric and Carrie's Creations

Lagoon Green and Ocean Blue variegated threads.

I used one thread of Ocean Blue for the

alphabet around the Peacock.

I used two strands of Ocean Blue for the

scallops around the letters.

I used one of each for the flowers in the inside

center and two of Lagoon Green for

the branches in the corners.

Then to finish it I used two strands

Of Lagoon Green to stitch the

Peacock.

She loved it and I am so thrilled. When I saw

the pattern I thought of her cause she loves

Peacocks.

That is all . . .

Thanks for looking.

God Bless your stitching fingers.

Lenna

Bitty Cat Ornament, The Rooster

2010-07-19T09:13:00.006-05:00

It is a nice summer day in Cape Town, South Africa.

My daughter takes this picture of her son, Samuel

my first Grandson.

This is what she sent from South Africa

of "me" and my Grandson.

It was titled ~

Here's Mom visiting S. A. for the World Cup!

Can't find me in the picture? Well, I would be

the "Rooster" on the table!

My kids used to

call me The Rooster, because my hair

was red! And it stuck, to this day,

even after I let my hair grow out.

The reason my Grandson, Samuel looks like that?

He is scared that Rooster

is going to peck his eyes out!

I just wondered where you could

go and there would be a rooster

and a chicken on your table.

Oh yeah,

that would be in Cape Town, S. A.

My three kids got a great laugh out of

this one.

Here's another Little, Bitty cat ornament I finished.

I used another kind of thread this time.

It's Olde Willow Stitchery ~ Overcast.

But it came out

pretty light in the photo.

I have stitched this one twice but I can't

find the other one. But when I do I will

have another ornament done.

Thanks for dropping by and taking a look. I do

appreciate any and all comments. You keep me

going at a hobby I dearly love.

God Bless ~

Lenna

Pat Winter's Giveaway

2010-06-23T18:38:00.007-05:00

Please come by and click on the lovely picture,

in the right hand

corner for a chance to win

some beautiful stash.

Besides she has a lovely blog

you can get lost in for hours.

Thanks for looking!

God Bless ~

Lenna

Bitty Cat Ornament, Spot of Spring

2010-06-21T22:37:00.007-05:00

Today, the mailman left this in my mailbox.

It's the exchange from Janice M. and I love it.

I was planning on doing this one because

I love the fat robins and it also

has daffodils in it and

I was born in March.

Perfect!

It's the start of the alphabet I will

continue to stitch until I

have them all done.

I ordered Summer and Fall tonight

and I will work on Summer as soon as it gets here.

Then I will do Fall.

Isn't it the cutest little pattern?

The tree has little flowers on it

and they are scattered all around the pattern.

I love the fat robins they are so sassy!!!

It's just Perfect all around!!!

Thanks Janice I love it!

This preview came in the mail Thursday.

I decided I would stitch the cat

with the candy cane.

I got it almost finished when I

visited a blog and the lady was

doing the same one from her preview.

I would mention her name but

I don't know if I should.

She has a solid gray cat so she made

her cat gray instead of black.

I took out the Black Coffee (black) in mine

and put in the grey (Milady's Teal) instead.

I had a tabby cat who was also grey

and so ~

I dedicate this ornament to ~

Knee ~ Hi, my sorely missed tabby.

I used Milady's Teal by CC,

it is variegated like she was.

However, it doesn't show up like

I thought it should.

I also gave her a pink nose with a

small black line in it like hers.

Thanks for dropping by and looking at my stuff

I appreciate it so much and it sure does motivate

me to do more and get better at my craft.

God Bless ~

Lenna

Big Zipper: Go with all your Heart

2010-06-15T22:39:00.005-05:00

I got this in the mail last Thursday.

I don't like stitching with

pearl cotton so my choice

was DMC.

I counted the outline and came up

with 1,162 stitches and decided I needed

5 skeins of floss.

I am stitching on 28ct. over two threads on a

piece of fabric from DMC I got at

Hobby Lobby years ago.

Then I counted the inside of the outline

came up with 2,642 stitches

and bought 8 skeins of floss.

Gathered all the other colors,

began stitching

and look what I got done!

TaDa ~ I got the dark color done all

the way around.

I was left with about 5 skeins of floss

so I exchanged 3 of them and took

back 4 of the inside color.

So much for all that math.

This pay day I will buy the next installment.

It was much easier than I thought it would be

so it was fun and I only had to take

out about two humps.

Thanks for stopping by and taking a look.

God Bless ~

Lenna

Azaleas

2010-06-13T23:25:00.004-05:00

Today I went to the grocery store

and when I walked out the door

to leave

this is what I saw. . .

Azaleas

unfortunately,

they

do not grow in my yard.

I wish they did but they would just die.

It is so hot here in the summer only the fleas and

ticks thrive.

Aren't they gorgeous?

The pinks are so pink!

The green leaves are so green!

Now tell me there isn't a God!

He put all the lovely plants

on this earth to prove He is here.

And some days there are those pesky

spiders stringing their webs in

those beautiful flowers.

But, at least they are harmless ~

just look scary.

This beautiful blossom is just

waiting for a bee to come and

collect their pollen.

It's just such a pretty sight.

Makes going to the store not such a

bad deal after all.

I did get some stitching done and finally

got the card done and a surprise for

my exchange partner.

I will send her squares off tomorrow.

Thanks for stopping by and taking a look.

You are the best!

God Bless ~

Lenna

Last Post of May . . . Glory and Meow!

2010-05-31T23:48:00.008-05:00

I finished these two up last night.

I tried to post them but they did not

arrive from my phone until 3:55.

I sure am glad I didn't wait up.

I call this one Glory Bee ~

see that little bee? It glows in

the dark.

It is a San ManOriginals pattern.

I changed

the colors to a more muted

shade of Glory for the U. S. A.,

flag, stars and firecracker.

It is done on 32 ct. light ivory.

How does it look?

The other

colors were Aqua,

Pink and bright yellow.

Uck!

Not like the 4th at all!

This one is called Meow!

It is all ready to be sent off

Friday!

I used mostly over dyed threads,

in fact

all

over dyed threads to stitch

it up.

It is done on 32ct Lambswool.

It's so hard to believe it is almost June.

Already!!!

I have tried to post every

nite but I missed one by 2 minutes

and one by one stinking minute.

Total Bummer!

Tonight I worked on Cape Cod Girls that I

started long ago.

I finished the outline,

one eel and the three

curly queue's in the left hand corner.

I also gathered the threads together

for the Sampler Sisters of Thread I am

going to do with a couple of

ladies online.

Well, more than a couple,

I bet!

I found a piece of fabric I bought

for my Desert Mandala

but it is too small.

I think

it will work just perfect with

my Sister's Sampler's piece.

It is called Desert Sky and it is

over dyed with tan and blue.

I have found another one for my

Desert Mandala so it is OK to

use this piece for the Sampler.

Got to go and order my pattern

and the threads I need.

Have you ever noticed

that no matter how many threads

you have, you never, never

have all of the ones you need?

Funny how that works.

Thanks for looking ~

you all are the best friends one

could ask for in the whole

wide world.

God Bless Your stitching fingers . . .

Lenna

Happy Memorial Day . . .

2010-05-30T23:58:00.004-05:00

Thank a veteran the next time you see one.

I know I will ~ cause I see lots of

them in my work.

Picture Framer!

To all of those men and women who

have served this country and

given their lives so I may

enjoy living in a Free America

I thank you from the bottom of my heart!

Your sacrifice has not been given

in vain.

Hope everyone enjoys their holiday.

God Bless you all!

Lenna

That Pear Tree . . .

2010-05-29T00:01:00.003-05:00

is coming along finally.

I decided I would work on it and

get it done.

I just need to finish the last

pear on that pear tree!

Maybe I can make it look half decent.

It is too big and it is not very cute,

but we shall see.

Maybe a button

will help!

Couldn't hurt!!!

Thanks for taking a look at a

not too pretty ornament.

I have the snowman, sheep and

the house. I just need to

get the red house oh, and

get them stitched.

Tonight I finished the 4th of July

exchange. I just have to do the

name part on the other square.

I should have it ready to mail

by Friday, ahead of time.

God Bless your stitching fingers ~

Lenna

Two Ladybugs . . .

2010-05-27T23:09:00.006-05:00

While brushing my teeth this morning I saw

something orange red on the branch of

the lavender tree in the front yard.

I turned to look and it was

two lady bugs mating.

As soon as I finished brushing

my teeth I was going to go take a snap

of them.

But . . . alas they were both gone

when I looked up.

And I thought men were quick!!!

I love ladybugs, they are a pretty

reminder that God is out there watching

over us everyday.

I often see many ladybugs usually sitting

on different leaves just soaking

up the sun.

They are a favorite bug

to watch.

At night we have the lightening bugs flying

around looking for a mate.

I am from

El Paso, Texas and we didn't have

lightening bugs there.

The very first time I ever saw a lightening bug

was in Freeburg, Ill. when we went to

visit my Dad's parents.

My twin brother and little sister and I

caught them and put them in a jar until

morning.

When we got up it was just a jar full

of grub worms,

to my horror!

My two older brothers had substituted

the lightening bugs with grub worms.

It took me forever to figure out what they

had done.

I was talking it over with my sister,

that shared memory,

and she told me.

My brothers ~ what a couple of pips!

I never knew what they were going

to pull on me next.

I was the oldest sister and I was so

easy to fool and they did, often.

I worked on the 4th of July exchange so no

pictures and besides I fell asleep in my chair.

I just have a crick in my neck to show for it.

Take care all my dear friends.

Remember God loves you and if you don't think so

just look for a ladybug!

Happy stitching all!

Lenna

Oleander, lavender and a WIP . . .

2010-05-26T23:54:00.004-05:00

Behind the garage this is what grows on one tree.

It is almost obscured

by the over hanging branch

of the huge oak tree above it.

This yard is on a slope!

This is the tallest part of the tree.

This is a close up of the blossom.

It has dark around the outside and

light pink in the rest of the blossom.

That is the ratty old fence in the yard,

their yard.

Whenever we are gone those people

just come over and

work on that tired old fence.

They used a piece of wall

paneling the last time.

It is a beautiful shade of yellow and definitely

an eye sore.

So the flowers are a wonderful

diversion.

Part of the fence has just

fallen down into our yard.

I hate to tell them this but it

is going to have to be replaced

and none of it is on our property.

Smaller flowers up a little higher.

They are so delicate looking ~

too bad the flowers are poisonous.

Close up of the double blossom and a

bud waiting to bloom.

We have a huge lavender tree

in the back yard across from

the oleander tree.

These are some of the first blossoms

in bloom.

Soon the whole tree will be

covered in blossoms.

It is just breath taking!!!

Close up of that cluster of flowers.

This is a favorite of the honey bee

and the bumble bee.

I have also seen wasps getting nectar, too.

This is that same cluster but I

tried to get the blue sky in

the background.

It was very blue and

very HOT today!

Aren't they the most gorgeous?

I will

get some more pictures as

the tree bursts into blooms soon.

Last but not least here is my progress

on the book store. I have found a

light grey thread that I will be

doing the fence in on the

other side of the house.

Than I will pick the best one that

actually shows up.

I worked on the 4th of July piece tonight

and when I mail it and my partner gets

it I will post it.

Thank you from the bottom of my heart

for stopping by and checking out my blog!

God Bless your stitching fingers . . .

Lenna

For The Birds . . .

2010-05-25T23:29:00.005-05:00

This is the progress I made last night and tonight.

Finished h, bird, i, j, and k.

I put my initials on the left hand side (LV),

another bird and five numbers done.

Yahoo!!!

I always hope I will do more but

who am I kidding I didn't get

home from work till 8:25

didn't finish eating till

9:15 and I stopped

stitching at 10:30.

I have to be at work at 9:00

in the morning.

I just am going to go to bed and

get some sleep.

Thanks for looking.

God Bless ~

Lenna

For The Birds . . .

2010-05-24T23:26:00.005-05:00

This is a piece that has intrigued me since I first saw it.

I guess it is all those birds.

I have loved birds all my life and often

love to watch the marvelous things they accomplish.

When I come home from work I pass a place

that often gathers water when it rains.

There is a traffic light by this watering

hole.

Many kinds of birds will be

jumping and splashing

into the water and just be

bathing away without

a care in the world.

There could be grackles,

the black kind, or the

popular barn swallows that live

in the bridge which is up ahead.

Whatever kind they are, they are busy

getting clean.

This is the small amount of progress

I have made on it so far.

I discovered while I was going through some

of my WIP that I had kitted this pattern

twice with different threads.

So I took

the one set of DMC and traded them in

for more for a different pattern.

It's a very pretty color of blue fabric and

I am going to use a variegated thread

between the letters and the animals.

Think I will go stitch on it right now.

Thanks for stopping by and taking a look.

God Bless your stitching fingers.

Lenna

My Jade, Meow Square, and a Cat Needle magnet . . .

2010-05-23T23:11:00.008-05:00

OK, lets start with my sweet Jade,

who is 19 years old today.

Happy Birthday Sweet Cat!

I took this

picture cause I love the difference

in the color of their noses.

The hair grows in a different direction

on their noses so it will show up.

Siamese cats are such a gorgeous

combination of colors,

all neutral,

except for their

aqua eyes.

She looks pretty good for an old lady.

This is a picture of the piece I am working on now.

It is "Meow" a square Flip It

and it is by Lizzie Kate.

She just happens to be one of my favorite

designers.

This is what it looks like now.

I just have the rest of the cat to put in.

Of course, I did have to do some

frogging,

what else do I have to do?

This is what is now stitched

and I have my cat needle minder, too.

Black goes in the empty space

of the cat.

I also have the block with the

meow and paw

print inside that square to stitch.

And last but not least, this is a

copper and gold needle minder

a dear friend, Bob, gave to me.

It was ~ I am so sorry

your beloved cat, Knee ~ Hi,

died so suddenly!

He is a dear sweet friend

and knows me very well.

I will cherish it always.

He has

given me many cat items

through the years.

You, my dear friends have come by

and visited my blog and left

me comments.

Thank You so much.

I will cherish them always, too.

God Bless your stitching fingers . . .

Lenna

The second cutest biscornu around

2010-05-22T23:58:00.004-05:00

Well, here we go with the second cutest ever biscornu around!

Barbara Ana is the designer and she

plans to do two more of these

darling biscornus!!!

I got the second one started!

After the frog visited, and

I got it restitched~~~

Here it is!

Isn't she the cutest little person?

I just love her face.

Well, I am talking to my daughter, in Cape Town

visa vee skype.

She looks great, for a pregnant person.

She has on one of her pregnant tops she wore

years ago.

It frightened her husband when he saw it.

He exclaimed ~~~ Yikes!!!

Then he says ~ I thought I wouldn't

ever have to see that again.

She got another phone call so I am

just sitting here typing.

Now she is taking the bread out.

She got

a bread maker and she loves it.

One time

she made some dough and took a picture of

it and

it looked like a skull.

She has

since refined her process.

I think she makes some every day.

Well, I had better go to bed since it is

already 2 in the morning.

Your kind comments are so appreciated and it

helps me love this stitching so much and

inspires me to do better.

God Bless your stitching fingers ~

Lenna

A New Biscornu . . .

2010-05-21T22:32:00.003-05:00

Found this beauty on the Creative Poppy

where you can get different

designers patterns

for just a small price

and a download.

I have started the first and this is

the second of four.

I love them they are so cute!

I must go to bed I can't keep my eyes open.

I had a very bad day at work, again.

Seems like my work isn't good enough to

please some people.

I am so tired of all the crap I really

don't know what I am going to do.

Life is too short to have to put up

with mean people every single day.

My boss doesn't get it and how

do you make someone who thinks

you should just hit your cat in the

head with a shovel when they are sick ~ ~ ~

Get it?

So the best thing I can do is just try

again tomorrow, but it isn't

looking good there either.

Thanks for looking!

I appreciate all my friends online.

God Bless ~

Lenna

Meow . . .

2010-05-20T23:00:00.003-05:00

This is actually a teal and this color combined.

So it's variegated and

it's from Carries Threads.

I have had this pattern for years I copied

it from somewhere long ago.

I am going to use it for one of my exchanges

when I find someone who loves cats.

I mean really "loves" cats.

I am going to stitch me one

and make another name tag out of it.

I have put The Book Store up for

a couple of days to get some exchange

stitching done.

Never fear I will be back again

soon with the books.

Well, I guess that is all I have tonight.

It rained here tonight and there

was one blast of lightening

and thunder

that literally raised me up out of bed.

It was quite frightening!!!

I am just glad it didn't strike the

huge tower across the street and

make it topple on our house.

It was that close.

Thanks for coming by and visiting my blog.

God Bless ~

Lenna

A tree, a bird and two fences . . .

2010-05-19T22:54:00.005-05:00

I put the tree and bird in last night

before I went to bed while

watching Superman II.

Tonight I stitched the leaves,

flowers and one of the fences.

One is white and the other is grey.

Which looks best?

Which one can

you see the easiest?

It's coming along rather quickly every

night. I am pleased with

my progress!

Tomorrow I must work on one of

my exchanges.

I have got to look up

when they should be mailed.

I have a regular one, any theme

and one is the 4th of July.

So far I have the any theme

one more than half done and I can

knock out the 4th of July

pretty quickly.

Thanks for being faithful to my attempt to post

every night. I appreciate your comments.

God Bless your stitching fingers ~

Lenna

Got Books?

2010-05-18T22:34:00.006-05:00

This is how it looked this afternoon.

I used the 4140 DMC Variations

thread for the door the one I used

for the bricks.

I am thinking I might change those drapes.

I won't take them completely out

I will just make them smaller.

It's a bit hard to see the books

because the curtains are so close.

What do you think fellow stitchers?

This is what it looks like now.

I have all the bricks done and

the rest of the house.

I also put gold for the door knob!

I just need to add the books!!!

I really am pleased with the bricks

it's amazing how real they look.

Now the fence, trees and border and ~

The Book Store!

Wouldn't it be neat to live in

a house just like that?

One can dream!

You stitchers are so great, stopping by and

leaving me encouraging comments to help

me finish what I started.

Thank You so much!

God Bless your stitching fingers and your hearts.

Lenna