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

TUSAL . . .

is a day late and a dollar short. But what

is new?

In this shot I have my trusty glasses

and the darling scissor fob that

Terri made for everyone doing this SAL.

I LOVE IT!!!

It is blue and has a darling turtle on the end.

I have a pair of scissors with flowers

all over them and they look great

with the beads.

So, thank you so much Terri

the fob is gorgeous and ~

Again I say, I love it !!!

This is a close up of my jar, at the bottom.

I have papers again from The Silver Needle

which contained many neat things for my stash.

I got the Sail Away kit and Sirens of the Sea.

I saw where someone changed the

alphabet and I plan to do that too.

Is it okay to copy something you think is so neat?

I have many very cool alphabets

that I have used over the years

so I plan to incorporate them

into this Sirens of the Sea pattern.

I may also change the Sail Away kits alphabet, too.

I have threads from White Kitty,

Seaside Sweethearts (finished and framed),

Red Dragon (finished),

Celtic Cross,

Lucky Lady's Quaker,

Curly Q Ewe, and

Cape Cod Girls.

Most are just the tails and

end of threads I cut off

not too much frogging done this time..

Curly Q Ewe . . . Lady Quaker. . .

This is Lady Quaker and she goes with the

Gentleman Quaker I found that is a SAL.

I downloaded her and got this much stitched

Monday because I had to stay home

because we had no water.

Can't get ready for work without water.

The plumbers left at 4:45 and by the time

I got ready for work it would have been

time to come home.

I took a personal day!

So . . . I stitched on her!

She has Quaker blocks around her

and an alphabet. She is fun stitch!

I have been waiting for the Plantation Sampler Manor

pattern and it is out of print. Go Figure!

I ordered it Sept. 3rd and they are just getting

back to me?

Again Go Figure!!!

I was really looking forward to stitching that one.

Curly Q Ewe . . . is done this much now.

I do have all of her skirt done as of tonight.

Boy, are there a lot of stitches

in one skirt!

I will post another picture tomorrow.

Thanks for looking!

God Bless ~

Lenna

Curly Q Ewe . . .

is coming along and here she is!

Isn't she darling?

Yet, the best part is next

and she is the cutest!

Baaaaa!

The Ewe ~ I love her curls.

I am using 28 ct green over dye with a

hint of beige fabric.

DMC and CC that are called for in the pattern except

for the alphabet which is stitched in

DMC

color variations.

I have about 1/2" more stitched on her skirt

since I took the picture.

My followers, I thank you so much for stopping by to say

"Hi"!

God Bless ~

Lenna

Baaa . . .

denotes a gorgeous Ewe I am stitching at present.

Curly Q Ewe.

I am using a green over dye with a hint of beige,

fabric in a 28 ct stitched with Crescent Colors

and DMC.

I fell in love with LHN and CCN about two

years ago when I saw them in Belton, Texas.

I attend a retreat there at Summer's Mill

every spring.

We have sooooo much fun!

I have the border done with two leaves

at the top with a flower in between.

The little girl is stitched down past her

waist and ABC is stitched also.

She is enchanting if I do say so myself.

I will post pictures tomorrow

of her

and other ones yet done

and to be started!

I was off today and it was a wonderful day

to stitch cause it rained all day.

YEA!!!

we need it so badly!

God Bless ~

Lenna