ANOTHER COMPLETED PROJECT FOR 2008

Yippee...this project is completed just this morning and I feel so good as I can clean off my kitchen table. I was afraid I would set this project aside and start something else. I have two other 'major' cross stitch pictures that appear 'doomed' in my WISP stash.

Now, I can begin another WIP which 'haunts' me in the wee hours of the morning.

My next project near completion is assembly of my Log Cabin Quilt squares. I also hauled out my 'Millenium Quilt' consisting of blue-toned star designed fabrics for paper pieced star-patterned quilt. This WIP has taken me 8 years so I vowed 2008 would be a more productive year...lol

I have actually finished another crocheted Barbie outfit using Paradise patterns, however I do want to style the hair and make her jewelery before posting the photo.

Has anyone else completed their robin yet? Hopefully this robin will fly off to the frame shop shortly.

HaPpY SpRiNg!

QUOTES:

"Every day brings a chance for you to draw in a breath, kick off your shoes, and dance." – Oprah Winfrey

"The greatest oak was once a little nut who held it's ground." - Anonymous

Crazy Patch Anticipation

Since I have been consumed in completing my last Mystery Stitch Along I have been excitedly collecting embellishments for my next project. I am convinced 'hunting' for these crazy patch items is absolutely the most FUN! However I have also found some wonderful 'treasures' for my next 'million' projects. I will have to live to be one hundred to complete all these projects I dream of!

Quite a few wintery Saturday evenings ago, I sewed three blocks with these blue and pink themed fabrics. Hopefully they will be my next project. The colors are definitely different from natural light, and I imagine my next photos will display differently.

Waking up with more fresh snow on the ground I have decided I will spend more time stitching instead of working in my garden...back to complete my spring robin stitch along...only one day or so to go...yippee!!

...please stay posted for my next update.

HAPPY Spring Everyone.

Quote:

We do not stop playing because we are old; we grow old because we stop playing.There are only four secrets to staying young, being happy, and achieving success You have to laugh and find humor every day. You've got to have a dream. When you lose your dreams, you die. We have so many people walking around who are dead and don't even know it!There is a huge difference between growing older and growing up. If you are nineteen years old and lie in bed for one full year and don't do one productive thing, you will turn twenty years old. If I am eighty-seven years old and stay in bed for a year and never do anything I will turn eighty-eight.Anybody can grow older. That doesn't take any talent or ability. The idea is to grow up by always finding opportunity in change. Have no regrets.The elderly usually don't have re- grets for what we did, but rather for things we did not do. The only people who fear death are those with regrets."It's never too late to be all you can possibly be.

...almost finished Robin of Spring SAL..."tweet"?

...almost finished, but my stitching frame cuts off some of my work...sorry

I think I would have completed already but did hardly any stitching last week with Easter company, etc.

The outside stitching is adding a beautiful touch, I think, and I am pleased I did continue with parts two, three and four. I was debating to end after just the robin, but weather here was just right for stitching.

...hope to see some of these pretty 'real' robins soon but it has been snowing and cold in Canada...giving me more time to stitch...lol

HaPpY SpRiNg EvErYoNe!

Quotes:
"Spring shows what God can do with a drab and dirty world."-- Virgil A. Kraft
"Spring is when you feel like whistling even with a shoe full of slush."-- Doug Larson

The Gift of Easter

The Gift Of Easter

Easter is the gift of HOPE

Easter is the gift of PEACE

Easter is the gift of LOVE

Let us rejoice in Him,

Who gives them all.

May God bless you at Easter,

And keep you all year through.

May God give you all the faith it takes,

To make your dreams come true.

May His love and wisdom always help,

To guide you on your way.

May His light shine down upon you now,

To bless your Easter Day.

May your Easter be filled with Hope, Peace, and Love.

Robin Stitch Along Almost Completed

I am almost finished the third flower of Part Three, but still have lots of backstitching. Hopefully I will be finished shortly but have a special 80th birthday dinner and company coming for Easter.

Happy Easter Everyone.

I WON JO'S MARCH GIVEAWAY

Jo's March Giveaway

Beautiful isn't it! This is the March giveaway Jo posted on her blog. I was delighted to have been selected as the winner as I have admired Jo's embroidery and work very much. Her blog is one of my favorites and I check her site frequently. I will be delighted to own a sample of her work which is great inspiration to me.

Jo has perfected lots of fun stitches in this postcard including her beautiful bullion roses and Drizzle stitch on the fan. I recall how frustrated I was doing this bullion stitch for the first time back in August 2007 when I registered for my first Crazy Patch Class. But I LOVED the work and still recall how I redid my entire first block because the lace border I had inserted on my second seam was upside down. Why does perfection haunt me so?

Amazingly I found a great online Bullion Stitch Video Tutorial which was very helpful. What would I ever do without all the wonderful friends and advice I find online. I appreciate all you bloggers so very much.

Thank you to all of you for making my day!

QUOTE:

"Spring would not be spring without bird songs."

-- Francis M. Chapman

The Legend Of The First Robin

I am pleased to have completed Part One of the "The First Robin Of Spring Mystery" Stitch Along except for the bud and backstitching. I was hesitant to proceed further than Part One however when Pam posted Part Two March 8th, I just had to stitch along. The weather is too cold outside and it will be something to stitch watching curling.

I thought I would insert the following story re significant meaning of the robin to me.

"The Legend Of The First Robin"

One day, long ago, a little bird in Jerusalem saw a large crowd gathered around a Man carrying a heavy wooden cross.

On the Man's head was a crown made from a thorn branch.
The thorns were long and sharp.

The little bird saw that the thorns were hurting the Man.

It wanted to help Him, so it flew down and took the longest, sharpest thorn in its tiny beak.

The bird tugged and pulled until the thorn snapped from the branch. Then a strange thing happened.

A drop of blood fell onto the bird's breast, staining it bright red.

The stain never went away.

And so today the robin proudly wears a red breast,
because it helped a Man named Jesus.

- Unknown